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Name: Todd Sumrall
Date: December 4, 2001 at 10:35:15 Pacific
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Hi,

I have win xp and it came preloaded with msn's messenger. I have tried to get it out of the systray by clicking exit and it just keeps showing up. I haven't rebooted or anything like that. It just keeps showing up. I went to msconfig and under the services tab I disabled it and it still shows up. Not in the msconfig startup profile either. I went to add remove programs and it is not there to remove. It is annoying. How do I get rid of it?

Todd



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Response Number 1
Name: Mike
Date: December 4, 2001 at 10:52:28 Pacific
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Todd

I found this worked the best for me. I found it here on this forum just an older post

Another way to do it, a little less tedious. Try this:
To disable Windows Messenger in Windows XP Professional Edition:

Click Start, click Run, type gpedit.msc, and then press ENTER.

Navigate through the following:

Local Computer Policy
Computer Configuration
Administrative Templates
Windows Components
Windows Messenger

Double-click Do not allow Windows Messenger to run, and then click Enabled.


Click OK, and then quit the Group Policy snap-in.

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Response Number 2
Name: Dkay
Date: December 4, 2001 at 11:22:04 Pacific
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great solution! thnx!


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Response Number 3
Name: Todd Sumrall
Date: December 4, 2001 at 13:55:16 Pacific
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I have the home edition. Not able to find gpedit.msc

Todd


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Response Number 4
Name: Dan
Date: December 4, 2001 at 16:49:56 Pacific
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use xp powertoys for ms site and you get the option to uninstall it completely


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Response Number 5
Name: Earl Mole
Date: December 5, 2001 at 14:35:19 Pacific
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I got rid of Messenger and found Outlook express took forever to load/run! I changed the setting back and everything was fine again. Maybe I'm not the only one this has happen to?


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Response Number 6
Name: Shivakat
Date: January 19, 2002 at 00:22:09 Pacific
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Open Outlook.

Click on Tools, then Options.

Click the Other tab.

Uncheck the 'Enable Instant Messanging in Outlook' box.

Apply, then OK... should trouble you no more.

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-Shivakat, Office Support Professional



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Response Number 7
Name: Shivakat
Date: January 19, 2002 at 00:23:54 Pacific
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It's pretty much the same for Express, I may add. Just go into Tools/Options and find the box that talks about Messenger... uncheck it.


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