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Messenger killing net
Name: Craash Date: August 17, 2004 at 09:35:43 Pacific OS: Win XP Pro CPU/Ram: P4 512
Comment:
I just recently downloaded zonealarm and the net worked fine until I denied messenger access to the net, now whenever I try to access the net unless I let messenger online I can't use the internet??? what is the deal??
Name: ozyoiy Date: August 17, 2004 at 09:43:17 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, This does not solve your problem but I would dissable messenger on start up and leave it off untill you are ready to use it, fact is if you are denying it access to the net it mite aswell not be running anyway.BTW which messenger servise specificaly are you refering to MSN, Yahoo? Oz
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Response Number 2
Name: Craash Date: August 18, 2004 at 10:30:58 Pacific
Summary: I think that you are thinking of msconfig. Same as Win98. Thee Startup tab has the things that you want. All are non M, except for msmsgs.exe(messenger). Kill at will, it helps. The services shopuld ...
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