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#85875 - 03/04/05 08:05 AM How do you kill Microsoft Messenger service?
3351 Offline
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Registered: 08/17/03
Posts: 1194
Loc: Toronto, Canada.
Hello everyone!
I'm trying to figure out how to disable Microsoft Messenger service on my THinkPad (Running XP professional).
So how does one do that?

Regards

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#85876 - 03/04/05 08:23 AM Re: How do you kill Microsoft Messenger service?
Tony Rome Offline
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Registered: 12/11/04
Posts: 1374
Loc: Cozumel Mexico
Go to your windows startup tools that tell your computer what to start up when you turn on your computer....look for the MIMess file
and rename it to something like mickymouse..
with this done, the computer won't be able to find or read the file...

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#85877 - 03/04/05 09:11 AM Re: How do you kill Microsoft Messenger service?
DonM Offline
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Registered: 06/25/99
Posts: 16735
Loc: Benton, LA, USA
I was able to disable it this way:
Start
Run
type "msconfig.exe" without quotes
startup
Find the MSmess and uncheck it.
O.K.
Restart computer.
DonM
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#85878 - 03/04/05 09:36 AM Re: How do you kill Microsoft Messenger service?
mikeathome1 Offline
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Registered: 08/23/04
Posts: 1208
Loc: Syracuse NY
I also used Don's method successfully.
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#85879 - 03/04/05 11:10 AM Re: How do you kill Microsoft Messenger service?
3351 Offline
Senior Member

Registered: 08/17/03
Posts: 1194
Loc: Toronto, Canada.
Hey, thanks guys.
I actually found another method. All I had to do was go into COntrol Panels, Administrative Tool, select "Services" and disable Messenger by first stopping it and then changing startup type to "Disabled".

Thanks again though.

-ED-
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#85880 - 03/04/05 01:01 PM Re: How do you kill Microsoft Messenger service?
Sheriff Offline
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Registered: 02/18/05
Posts: 965
Loc: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
Windows - the never ending story...*lol*
Hope, you've killed the messenger forever. Nobody needs such a "pleasure"...


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Greetings from Frankfurt (Germany),
Sheriff ;-)
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