Getting Rid Of Those Annoying Pop Up Ads

[Taro]

Hello Everyone,
I'm sure you've all experienced the Windows Messenger. No, not MSN Messenger.
I'm talking about the annoying little popups you get on your desktop from time to time with the okay button in the middle at the bottom. You know what I mean? Well, I'ma gonna teach ya how to kill them for good!

1 First, you must be an administrator.
2 Now, fire up your control panel. (Start > Control Panel)
3 Next, click on Administrative Tools (make sure its in 'classic view')
4 Click on Services
5 Scroll down till you see 'Messenger' under the Name column.
6 Double click on the word 'Messenger'
7 Under Startup Type:, set it to Disabled
8 Click Stop under the Service Status place
9 Click Apply, then okay.

Hope this helped.

[Jack-UK]

YES it worked i finally got rid of that annoying messenger.. bah good ridence

[Taro]

:D

[Jack-UK]

maybe not the right forums to post it in but taro i clicked to visit ur forums and i lkoved the skihn the minute i saw it...

[Taro]

Thanks Jack! :D

[Sigma12]

lol love my windows 2k

[Ed]

I'm presuming that this tip is only for the new 2000+ model computer operating systems huh?

[MikeC]

i dont think they have it on 95 or 98 think its just xp and 2000

[AjRap2]

Well this is not the best solution actually since you do not get critical messages from microsoft

[Ed]

oh, ok, well i dont use windows messenger, is windows messenger the im thing that MS has on windows that allows you to talk to others signed on on a network??? I saw this before, but i forget what the .exe file is... It was to Tech TV. I want to do this, scare my school buddies with instant pop up messages...

[Ash]

Originally posted by AjRap2@Feb 24 04, 08:39 PM
Well this is not the best solution actually since you do not get critical messages from microsoft
Microsoft do not send critical updates through Messenger/Net send. It is simply used as a portal for spam nowadays. ;)

[AjRap2]

ah, ok, well i saw that somewhere before, several places actually.
Well I don't have to worry about any of that since i don't get that crap anyways :P

[xQuarkDS9x]

Just wanted to mention that if you are running a decent firewall (like Sygate Pro or ZoneAlarm Pro) then you will not get these Windows Messenger ads which if I remember correctly come through port 135.

[bnwsource]

i wonder who invented this pop-up thingy, because it's annoying all the time

[MikeC]

ask microsoft lol

[Taro]

LOL! You can send these messages in the command prompt using the command

net send [ipaddress] [message]