Saturday, September 20, 2008

Stopping the Messenger Service

To remove the ability for anyone in the world to pop up messages on your computer, you can disable the Messenger service.

Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel

Click Performance and Maintenance

Click Administrative Tools

Double click Services

Scroll down and highlight "Messenger"

Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties

Click the STOP button

Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar Click OK

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