msn messenger go away!!!

[sciguy007 0]

how do i get rid of this damn msn messenger, frankly it pisses me off that i cant get it out of my startup items (it comes back) and i cant uninstall it or remove it as a windows option. there has to be a way to get rid of it. please someone, thanks.

[Noodlez 0]

run msconfig and remove it from the startup

[sciguy007 0]

that doesnt work, i tried it, it comes back. as in, the actuall program file gets added again to the startup list. its BS.

[Questionnaire 0]

I did the mscofig like 20 times and it still kept commin back! *sigh* I finally deleted the whole folder of it:

 

C:\Program Files\messenger\

 

I think that was it. XP is so kickass in someways but they need to kill all those little annoyances.

[sciguy007 0]

ya that was going to be the next thing i tried. xp seems pretty good but i had some massive problems with that auto restarting feature. i think im gonna stick with 2k until xp is out of beta.

[EddiE314 0]

i just renamed the exe file, never came back, make sure you kill the process for it first before you rename.

[Galilee 0]

Start the messenger and go thrue the activation. When the program has started you can go to settings. There you can turn it off.

[Questionnaire 0]

Well I turned it off! It's completely off my system! LOL!

[Joker 0]

i just uninstalled it from add/and remove windows components and i haven't seen it since

 

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"In order to be free to learn"

"We must be free to dream"

 

[This message has been edited by Joker (edited 07 April 2001).]

[whoisurdaddy 0]

Yeah, I just uninstalled from Add/Remove Programs too. That thing can be annoying. It start up whenver you run Outlook Express even though you told OE not to run Messenger at the startup.

[CrashNBurn 0]

I just got my copy of WinXP Beta 2 in the mail, and I can't find the uninstall for MSN messenger. It's pissing me off that it keeps loading up at startup. I turned it off through MSCONFIG, but I'm looking to completely remove it from my system. What's the best way. ALSO, is there anyway to log on w/o having to enter a password every time? Thanks

 

Jeff Knight

[ThC 129 0]

to get more uninstall options find the file sysoc.inf and remove the word HIDE from it (go to notepad press alt-h and type in find what:hide then replace it with no text.) and save it. As for not having to enter a password go to www.download.com and get either x-tek's x-setup or tweakUI. If you have any probs either post here or icq or e-mail me.