Re: Kill the messanger?

From: Shenan Stanley (news_helper_at_hushmail.com)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 11:29:19 -0500

Bob Newman wrote:
> All of a sudden every time I log onto the internet (dialup)
> MS-Messenger wants to do it's thing (which it never did before).
> How do I kill it? When I chose exit it says it will still keep
> running in case it want to use it! It is not in the add/remove
> programs sections. I want the damn thing out of here!! HELP
> PLEASE!

Venkatesh [MCSD] wrote:
> See here:
> http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Venkatesh,
>
> I believe you may have misread.
>
> Bob,
>
> Microsoft or MSN Messenger? They are two different products.
> Instead of worrying about getting rid of it at first, let's just
> stop it from coming up.
>
> Try this:
> 1.. In the Messenger main window, click the Tools menu, click
> Options, and then click the General tab.
> 2.. Clear the Automatically run Messenger when I log on to Windows
> check box.
> Now - after you do that - see if it stops coming up. If not, let's
> remove it - sure.
>
> Messenger does not appear from the Add/Remove Programs applet in the
> Control Panel.
>
> In order for it to show up there, you must first edit the file named
> sysoc.inf. This file can be found in a folder named INF, which is a
> subfolder of the Windows folder (or in some cases the winnt folder,
> depending on how your OS was installed).
>
> You can open that file in notepad. Look for the following line:
> msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
> and remove the word "hide" while leaving the commas on place. Close
> and save the file, and then open the Add/Remove Programs applet in
> the Control Panel, so that you can remove it like any other program.
>
> You also may have to click on "Add/Remove Windows Components" inside
> of "Add/Remove Programs".

Bob Newman wrote:
> Pardon me, I didn't realize there was a difference. We are talking
> Windows Messenger. What is the difference between the 2 anyway?

Even I may have spoken incorrectly, as there are really three things people
confuse.

There is the "Messenger Service".
There is the "Windows Messenger".
There is the "MSN Messenger".

The differences?
The "Messenger Service" is a service built into Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003
machines that sends (supposed to be) system messages. If you still have
yours going, try it out like this:

Open a command prompt and type in the following line:

net send 127.0.0.1 Hello World

In a few seconds you should see what the Messenger Service does.

The Windows Messenger is one of the little blue guys that can sit near your
clock. He's the older one. His features are limited, but he does allow for
communication between people on the Internet. I believe he was stopped
around version 4.7.

The MSN Messenger is the son of (in my mind) Windows Messenger. He's
another little blue guy near the clock, except he has a little butterfly
near him. He has more features, but strangely, still relies on his dad for
some features to function correctly. 

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