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messenger service pop-ups

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Hi How can I get rid of these anoying messenger service pop-ups

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Firewall it (hafta block IPX, NetBeui and such). or do this.. Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services -> On the right side, go to Messenger, right click. stop.

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Name: Jamie_McCoy
Date: February 22, 2004 at 14:59:50 Pacific

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this is msn messangers built in messanger span download this tool thnx to grc.com http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm Regards, Jamie McCoy

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Thanks guys, I do have a Norton firewall but I surely havn't configured it properly Tried going to Admin tools but it seemed to start again every time I restarted windows So I downloaded "shoot the messenger" seem's to have worked Thanks again

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Name: dude
Date: February 23, 2004 at 11:15:56 Pacific

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An easy way to disable the messenger pop-ups is to remove the messenger check mark from MSCONFIG ( start-run ) under the services tab.

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