Getting rid of Messenger

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From: peterg (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/07/04 

Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2004 05:48:13 -0800

A week ago I put up a message about getting rid of
Messenger, and below is the reply (and original post) - I
wonder if anyone has other ideas:
I did all of the things below, disabled it (it wasn't
enabled) in Norton, and I still have the problem. Also,
under TOOLS -> OPTIONS -> Preferences, there is NO option
to 'Run this Program when Windows starts'! I have
version 4.7.2.. thanks.. (btw - I already removed it in
Control Panel/windows components)

To disable Windows Messenger, open it up (click Start,
then Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK),
click Tools, Options, Preferences tab and unchecking 'Run
this Program when Windows starts'
or 'Run Windows Messenger when Windows starts' (depending
on version). As well, you can
disable it further by going to Start, Control Panel, Add
or Remove Programs, Add/Remove
Windows Components on the left, uncheck Windows Messenger
in the components list and click
Next >. Note: this is only available if you've installed
Windows XP Service Pack 1 -- if you
haven't, visit http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. This
won't remove Windows Messenger
completely, but it will let it stay out of your way. Do
*not* just remove Windows Messenger
(as others will tell you to do), by doing so you will
disable a number of features both in
Windows and MSN Messenger, including Remote Assistance,
Whiteboard and Application Sharing.

Also, do you have Norton Antivirus installed? Recent
versions of Norton Antivirus added a
new "instant messaging scanning" feature, which can
conflict with Messenger and cause it to
also keep starting. To stop it, open Norton Antivirus
(Right-click on the Norton Antivirus
icon in the System Tray/Notification Area (by the clock),
choose 'Open Norton Antivirus'),
click Options, then Instant Messenger then uncheck MSN
Instant Messenger and click OK.

Windows Messenger loads everytime I boot up. I have it
disable in Control Panel, and can't find anywhere else
that it is activated. How can I stop it from opening on
boot up?? Thanks

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