Messenger Pop-Ups

[SuperOwl]

Hi guys and girls,

Can anybody tell me how to stop the pop-up messages that have begun to blight my time on the internet? Basically they are either advertising a porn site or a site where you can buy a degree.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as it is starting to me off now.

Cheers,

SuperOwl

[Tall_guy_in_a_152]

You need to disable the Messenger service. The following instructions vary a bit depending on exactly how you have XP setup, but it should be fairly obvious what to do:

Click Start, Settings, Control Panel
Click Performance and Maintenance
Click Administrative Tools
Double click Services
Scroll down and highlight "Messenger"
Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
Click the STOP button.
Select Disable in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK

That should do it.

TG.

[Lear_doctor]

Also lots of help in the 'sticky' at the top of the list of posts. (Random pop ups amongst others) The guys have spent a bit of time putting together the best info on the problem. Has to be worth a read


Regards


The Doc

[SuperOwl]

Cheers Tall Guy and Lear Doctor,

I followed Tall Guy's advice on how to disable Messenger and thankfully it worked so cheers TG.

I also followed your advice Lear Doctor and have also managed to solve some other stuff so cheers for the pointer. I ought to have seen the Sticky but didn't so I'm glad that you made me aware.

Cheers guys.

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

SuperOwl,

If you have other problems, let us know. We would be happy to help.

Take Care,

Richard

[SuperOwl]

Naples Air Centre, Inc

Thanks for the offer. Hopefully I won't need to ask for any further help but it's great to know its out there.

Cheers,

SuperOwl