http://www.subvers.com/technobabble/html/tweaks/access.htm http://www.subvers.com/technobabble/html/tweaks/tweaking.htm TURBO CHARGING your Windows XP Operating System Part 3 Easily Disable Messenger Go into C:Program Files > Messenger . Rename the Messenger folder to something like "MessengerOFF" This does not slow down Outlook or hinder system performance =========================================== http://rogier.xszone.nl/windows/wintricks.html • Remove windows messenger Start/Run, type: rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection BLC.Remove 128 %SystemRoot%\INF\msmsgs.inf • No ads in Messenger 1) Find links.txt. Can be in prorgam files/messenger or in documents and settings/[username], use the search tool. 2) Open the file, delete its contents, save the empty file. 3) Right-click the file, hit properties, set to read only. • No warning message in Messenger To remove the 'Never give out your password or credit card number' warning whenever you open a chat session, search for IMWarning in regedit (usual location: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\MessengerService\Policies) and edit or delete the IMWarning string. Tip: you can put smilies in the warning message. • Stop Messenger from auto-starting when you visit hotmail or other MSN sites Go to Internet Options/Security/Internet/Custom Level, find 'Run ActiveX control and Plug-ins', choose Disable or Prompt. ============================================ http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=19543,00.asp http://www.tweaktown.com/document.php?dType=guide&dId=120&dPage=4 Uninstall "Hidden" Windows Components Apparently, Microsoft didn't want you to be able to remove useless garbage like Windows Messenger. It's installed by default, and it doesn't appear in the Add/Remove Program applet in Control Panel. Thankfully, you can force the issue by editing the SYSOC.INF file, which is located in the C:\WINDOWS [or your Windows XP directory]\INF folder. Open it with Notepad. Under the [Components] heading, you'll see a whole bunch of parameters for various Windows applets. Some of them contain the word "hide." Those particular programs, which include Windows Messenger (msmsgs), Terminal Server, Pinball, and others, are installed on your XP system, but their entries are hidden from and Add/Remove dialog. To remove Windows Messenger, edit hide out of the line that reads msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7 so that it looks like this: msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,7 Save the file, close it, and open the Add/Remove Program applet. Click on Windows Components button and you'll see Windows Messenger listed. Uncheck it and click Next to purge that silly program from your system. Feel free to edit hide everywhere it appears in the SYSOC.INF file to reveal other removable Windows XP components. =========================================== http://www.zdnetindia.com/help/howto/stories/73479.html Right-click My Computer and click Manage to bring up the Computer Management console. On the left pane, select Services under Services and Applications to control all installed services. Similarly, you may have no use for services such as Messenger, Portable Media Serial Number, Themes, etc. ============================================== http://www.xptuneup.com/xptuneup_listview.htm 117. How to disable MSN Messenger from loading up whenever you start Outlook Express 145. Do you hate that "Local Area Connection A network cable is unpluged" or MSN-Messenger icon in your System Tray and want to get rid of that ? ============================================ http://www.xs4all.nl/~laar2002/tweak/delete-win-messenger.html - Delete Windows Messenger http://www.xs4all.nl/~laar2002/tweak/auto-warning-win-messenger.html - Stop Auto-Starting Windows Messenger ============================================ http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/communicate/stopspam.asp Windows XP Professional > Using Windows XP > How-to Articles Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles ======================================== Remove or disable Messenger . http://www.winguides.com/registry/category.php/67/ http://www.druid628.com/techtips/windows/msmsgs/ http://www.druid628.com/techtips/windows/msmsgs/uninstall_msn.htm http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/archive/topic/8267-1.html http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/zenworks/features/tips/t_block_msn_zw.html ======================================= http://grc.com/freepopular.htm Shoot The Messenger Simple Messenger Service Disable/Enable Windows NT, 2000, and XP hide an hidden Internet server that is running by default. It receives and accepts, among other things, unsolicited network messages that cause pop-up dialog boxes to appear on the desktop. Internet Spammers have discovered this and are spraying pop-up Spam across the Internet. The Windows Messenger server should never have been running by default, and Microsoft has finally fixed that in Windows 2003, but users of previous Windows need to take responsibility for this themselves. ========================================= http://www.druid628.com/techtips/windows/msmsgs/uninstall_msn.htm Goto Start click Run. In the Run box enter in the following string: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Then the normal uninstall process will be presented to you and BLAAAM! it's gone bye-bye. :-) http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/archive/topic/8267-1.html This tweak is used to remove MSN Instant Messenger functionality and integration from Outlook Express. Open your registry and find the key below. You may need to create the key, if it does not already exist. Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'Hide Messenger' and edit the value according to the settings below. Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect. (Default) REG_SZ (value not set) Hide Messenger REG_DWORD 0x00000002 (2) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express Registry Settings System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express] Value Name: Hide Messenger Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (2 = remove messenger) If the key is not there, you can create it yourself. It will still work. Type regedit at the "run" line. In the registry window, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express. Once you're there, go to "edit" at the top of the screen. Then select "new" then "key." Then just set the values to: Value Name: Hide Messenger Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) Value Data: (2 = remove messenger) Reference http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/989/ ---------------------- http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_o.htm Tip: Outlook Express Runs Slowly after Disabling/Removing Messenger. Only 3 Registry edits are required to stop Messenger and get rid of the delay in OE. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client. Add the following values as New, DWord Values: PreventRun, PreventAutoRun. Set the value of each of these to1. Then go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express Add a New, DWord value called Hide Messenger and set the value to 2. (This step is required to prevent a long delay when opening OE with the Contacts pane enabled). Start/Run/Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}\InProcServer32 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541}\LocalServer32 For both, in the right pane, right click Default/Modify/Delete the value data.

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