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re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 5:53 pm
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Posted by Steve (19195 messages posted)

The messenger service is for internal communication inside a network of many computers, like the type a large company might have. It has no practical use for a home user. It has nothing to do with Windows messenger service. Some people get confused between the two.

On Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 5:00 pm, Gayle wrote:
>I
>Does turning off the messages service harm my computer in any way? Is it easy to
>enable the message service again? I have the Windows firewall turned on but it does
>not stop the pop up ads. Is there another firewall that will protect my computer
>better than the Windows firewall and stop the pop ups?

Written in response to:: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' (Gayle : Thursday, August 28, 2003 at 5:00 pm)

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Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' (Gayle : Thu, Aug 28, 2003, 5:00 pm)

re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' (Ricer46: Thu, Aug 28, 2003, 5:09 pm)

re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' (Steve: Thu, Aug 28, 2003, 5:53 pm)

re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Thu, Aug 28, 2003, 6:45 pm)

re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' (Steve: Thu, Aug 28, 2003, 9:33 pm)

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