Turning off MSN Messenger

[Bio-Hazard]

How do I turn this sucker off? Msconfig didn't work.. it keeps yapping about outlook explorer using it or some junk. I can't delete it

*wishes DOSSHELL AND DOS existed still*

 

How do I get rid of this sucker permanently?

I know I can turn it off in the preferences.. but I just want it out.

[Tormod]

Not sure which version of Windows you run, but try this:

 

http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=288

[Tormod]

BTW are you talking about MSN Messenger and not Windows Messenger? The former SHOULD be possible to just uninstall via Add/Remove programs. The latter is a pain in the floppy.

[Drip Curl Magic]

try this:

Start > control panel > add/remove programs

[bpjg2fat]

I know windows messenger is SUCH a ***** to get rid of.

[Mel]

Getting rid of Windows messenger: (I only know this for XP it might be different for other OS's)

If you go into control panel and click "Add/Remove Programs"

Then on the left you will see "Add/Remove Windows Components" - click it

At the bottom of the list it will say Windows Messenger. Continue with the instructions given.

 

Hope this helps:)

[alexander]

Mel, other OSes dont have MSN messenger because there is a gazillion other ones that work about 1000000 times better, faster and do all the same things that MSN messenger does, you must be referring to other versions of windows, not OS's...

[Southtown]

Getting rid of Windows messenger: (I only know this for XP it might be different for other OS's)

If you go into control panel and click "Add/Remove Programs"

Then on the left you will see "Add/Remove Windows Components" - click it

At the bottom of the list it will say Windows Messenger. Continue with the instructions given.

 

Hope this helps:)

This guy nailed it... Also do this for various MSN stuff.

[Southtown]

Mel, other OSes dont have MSN messenger because there is a gazillion other ones that work about 1000000 times better, faster and do all the same things that MSN messenger does, you must be referring to other versions of windows, not OS's...

And yeah, I doubt M$ ports their stuff to other OS's for that very reason.

[alexander]

Hey other OSes like to run things that are a lot less obfuscated and bloated which makes programs work faster and more efficiently, which is what all OSes other then Windows are trying and acheiving...

[Southtown]

Kinda makes ya wonder what else is going on in M$'s black box.

[cwes99_03]

Actually windows messenger is a service that can be shut off via the following

 

winkey+R, type "services.msc" and disable the service labeled messenger. Windows XP pro comes with messenger disabled by default.

If you are talking about MSN messenger, why'd you install it in the first place. If you say that it was preinstalled, I never keep a preinstalled OS. I always wipe it out and do a fresh install. I hate all the preloaded crap and malware that every mainstream computer manufacturere is pre-pakaging with their systems, but hey it saves you and me money when we buy those systems.

[Drip Curl Magic]

I keep on getting confused... because some people are using the words "MSN messenger" and some people are using the words "windows messenger". Is it the same thing?

[GAHD]

Yes and no.

 

Windows messenger comes with every versionof windows as far back as 95se I think. it uses the same chat network MSN does but 'can' use a local server for inter-office communication.

 

MSN Messenger is Micro Soft Network exclusive, and has all the extra bells and whistles (like 'winks' and now 'voice clips') that makes chatting 'fun'. All in all they're almost the same program, but not quite.

[Drip Curl Magic]

ahhh, ok. that makes way more sense.

 

Is MSN owned by microsoft... or are they just tightly niched affiliates?

[cwes99_03]

That would be the reason that MSN bears the microsoft name. MSN is owned and operated by Microsoft.

[alexander]

to continue your thought cwes...

So naturally that meanst it stinks, let me explain:

MSN has already provided 3-4 doors into systems, it sometimes crashes for no reason, its updates, this makes me mad the most, just like windows updates, well, that's where MSN updates actually come in, require a restart, which is crazy because you are simply updating software, it is very much embedded into windows... all in all, it blows like the rest of MS products, if you need a good IM client, just run Gaim....