re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' Friday, July 11, 2003 at 8:02 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Bill (29 messages posted) To Disable the Messenger Service Manually: -- Click on the Start button in the taskbar -- Open Control Panels -- Go to "Administrative Tools" (XP users may need to go to "Performance and Maintenance" first, then "Administrative Tools") -- Double-click on "Services" -- Scroll down to "Messenger" -- Double-click on "Messenger" -- Change the Startup type to "Disabled" -- Click "Stop" to stop the service To Re-Enable Manually: Follow the above steps, but change the Startup type to "Automatic," then click "Apply," then click "Start" under Service Status. Note: You must be logged on as an Administrator for the automatic fix to work. On Thursday, July 10, 2003 at 11:55 pm, Steve wrote: >Control Panel/Administrative Tools....;) > > Written in response to: re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' (Steve: Thursday, July 10, 2003 at 11:55 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' (Don: Thu, Jul 10, 2003, 11:51 pm) re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' (Steve: Thu, Jul 10, 2003, 11:55 pm) re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' (Bill: Fri, Jul 11, 2003, 8:02 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum