Sign up for the Confident Computing newsletter for weekly solutions to make your life easier. Click here and get The Ask Leo! I keep getting these pop-up messages. Become a Patron of Ask Leo! The average user has absolutely no need for the Windows Messenger Service and it can safely be turned off. In the right hand pane, scroll down until you find the entry Messenger , and double click on it.
In the resulting properties box set the Startup Type to Disabled. Windows Messenger Service might be used in a corporate environment — for example when you send a document to a network printer. The messenger service handles the pop-up message that the printer sends back when it has finished.
Subscribe to Confident Computing! Less frustration and more confidence, solutions, answers, and tips in your inbox every week. If you feel more comfortable downloading a program to do this for you, this is an appropriate alternative. I need the messenger service to receive alerts from Performance Monitor counters I monitor. But sometimes I come in on a Monday morning with several hundred alerts stacked up from the weekend.
Short of rebooting, is there a way to clear the queue of all these messages? Could you please tell me how to do it,regards Suzette. I opened windows messenger and now I regret it. How do I disable the whole thing.? How in the H— do I get rid of Windows Messenger? The procedure outlined above does not work in Windows Vista because there is no Service with the word Messenger on Windows Vista.
How to enable service Messenger on windows ???? Please send my question in my email.. Thankz Before.. Going nuts!!!! Trying to delete messenger. Got into services, no messenger to delete. Have windows vista. Nothing above worked for me, but I figured out how to do it for myself. Click on Administrative Tools I assume that you have to be the Administrator to find this as an option.
Okay, I'm going to the control panel, then programs, but there is no button saying "change startup programs". The only thing there is "uninstall". Is this something to do with windows 7 which I am using? Yes, I have since upgraded to Windows 7 and have a solution for you. But I have a question. What edition do you have? My solution may not work if you have home basic. Ah, therein lies the problem, as I am almost certain I'm using Home basic. Can I hear your solution anyways?
Here's a different solution that should work for all versions. Happy New Year I have vista and Norton This gives you the option to turn off programmes you don't want on startup. Hope this helps someone. Somehow I do not have windows live messenger on my computer. I may have deleted it long ago. But I need to disable the extremely annoying Windows Live sign-in page that has suddenly started popping-up every time I try to open my MSN email.
I don't think I want to totally disable Windows Live since I would apparently lose all of my email contacts. I've been struggling with this for days! Can anyone offer advice? By Hoboman Follow. More by the author:. About: 6'3" electro-mechanical engineering technician with a taste for spicy foods and things that fly. Enjoys long walks on the beach. Other hobbies include watching the sunset from a picturesque grassy knoll, indul… More About Hoboman ». Now Messenger won't pop up every time you start up your computer!
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