re: msmsgs.exe
Saturday, May 8, 2004 at 10:53 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Robert
(1 messages posted)
1. Go to Messenger/Tools/Options and uncheck "Run this program when Windows starts"
on the Preferences tab.
2. In Outlook Express, Tools/Options/General tab and uncheck the option to automatically
log on, if it's there.
3. Also in Outlook Express, View/Layout and uncheck the option to display Contacts.
The program will open a connection and display a list of all Contacts on line if
you do not.
4. Startup Folder. Make sure no entry there for Messenger.
5. Go to Start/Run, and type Msconfig. On the Startup tab , uncheck any option for
it.
6. If you are using NAV 2003, disable Instant Messenger monitoring.
This little check list ought to work in dissociating MSN from Outlook Express, so
that it'll only start up if you really want it to.
If it doesn't, here's a reg tweak that will do so on all operating systems, without
actually uninstalling MSN, which may not be what you want:
http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/989 : Remove MSN Messenger from Outlook
Express
If all else fails, shut down MSN Messenger, go to your Program Files\MSN Messenger
directory, and rename Msgsc.dll to Msgsc.bak
On Friday, August 1, 2003 at 2:51 am, Dave wrote:
>How do I stop Windows Messenger from loading to run in the background each time
I
>start Windows XP? If I use Task Manager to end the (msmsgs.exe) process, it comes
>right back in a few moments.
- Written in response to:
- msmsgs.exe (Dave: Friday, August 1, 2003 at 2:51 am)
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