How do I stop Messenger from starting

brodev

I have tried everything to try and stop Windows Messenger from starting automatically when I switch on. Anybody any ideas?

Rex_Mundi

Presuming you are on XP...........

Start>run.....type in msconfig. Look at the tabs at the top>click startup. Scroll down the list and untick MSN messenger. Click apply then OK. Your computer will restart without messenger.

sra

Tool then Options

click General on the left
untick Automatically run Messenger when I log inot windows

sra

sra wrote:

Tool then Options

click General on the left
untick Automatically run Messenger when I log into windows

thats for msn messenger

for windows messenger
Tool then Options
then the Preferences tab
Run Messenger when I log into windows

brodev

sra wrote:

thats for msn messenger

for windows messenger
Tool then Options
then the Preferences tab
Run Messenger when I log into windows

I am running XP pro and I get neither of these options.

Rex_Mundi

Try what I said in my last post, but untick windows messenger instead.

Donnie

If you have SpyBot( http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html ) installed, you can stop most processes from 'booting up' at start up. Go to the 'Tools' section with SpyBot.

penrhyn

You could try this:

http://www.grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm

wolfman

If you want to remove it you can do so via Add/Remove Programs.

Go into Control Panel > Add/Remove Program. The Select the Add/Remove Windows Components down the left hand side. Go to the bottom of the Window that comes up and it's at the bottom. Just untick it.

Otherwise, if you want to keep it but stop it running, use Spybot as mentioned above.

Mattjimf

if you go to the control panel>Administrative tools>services>scroll down to messenger and right click, select properties. Change the startup type to disabled and if possible click the stop button under service status. click apply then ok.

-TangleFoot-

pendlejh wrote:

http://www.grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm

But that's for the Messenger Service! Disabling it will have no effect on Windows Messenger.

If you want to stop Windows Messenger from running, you'll find a concise guide on Microsoft's very own website. Additionally, if you find that Windows Messenger starts alongside Outlook Express, you can curb this behaviour too with a quick registry tweak.

In the event that none of the above works, I find that renaming or deleting the Windows Messenger executable (msmsgs.exe) usually does the trick.