Yet one more Messenger question

From: Keely (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/05/04 

Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:37:40 -0700

I have just had Windows XP installed and can't get rid of
the messenger icon in the tray or get it to stop loading
at start up. I have tried the stop messenger link that
Jonathan Kay suggested with no luck. I have tried going
to Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this
Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger
when Windows starts' but it wasn't an option there, I did
uncheck the box that said Allow Windows Messenger
to run in the background. I went to Norton Virus and was
not able to find an "options" field to see if that was the
problem.

Any more thoughts?? I have XP at home and I will be
darned if I can remember how I got rid of it there.

Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

e following is from another post and I have indeed tried
this also with the exception that ou'll simply need to
disable Windows Messenger. To do so, open it up (click
Start, then
Run, type "msmsgs" and click OK), click Tools, Options,
Preferences tab and uncheck 'Run this
Program when Windows starts' or 'Run Windows Messenger
when Windows starts' (depending on
version) as well as 'Allow this program to run in the
background' or 'Allow Windows Messenger
to run in the background' (depending on version). This
won't remove Windows Messenger, so
features like Remote Assistance, Whiteboard and
Application Sharing will continue to work,
but it will let it stay out of your way.

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.
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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.
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