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re: msmsgs.exe
Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at 5:35 am
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Posted by Simon (1 messages posted)

Worked for me ! Thanks

On Thursday, December 7, 2006 at 10:04 pm, Craig wrote:
>Ok this will help about 99% of you with this problem I believe.
>
>If you are running Norton AntiVirus (most versions I believe, but for sure 200x (ie.
>2004 or 2005)) or a Norton/Symantec package which includes NAV200x, THERE IS A KNOWN
>"ISSUE" regarding MSN Messenger (msmsgs.exe) which WON'T LET IT BECOME DISABLED from
>msconfig or from the internal Options settings!!!!
>
>However, there IS A FIX! If you have "Instant Messenger" enabled (checked) within
>NAV for Windows Messenger, Windows will run msmsgs.exe all the time!!! If you stop
>it, it will restart it! Now, the theory behind this is that NAV can't check/monitor
>Windows Messenger if it's not running! (Doesn't occur with AOL Messenger tho - go
>figure!).
>Therefore, msmsgs.exe will be visible in the Task Manager under "Processes" all the
>time, if you end task, it'll restart! This one bothered me ENDLESSLY for a VERY
>LONG TIME, so I feel the need to pass this info along to anyone who needs it!
>
>The fix is......
>
>1.) In NAV, go to "Options".
>2.) From the list on the left, select "Instant Messenger".
>3.) UNCHECK the box for "Windows Messenger".
>4.) Click "OK"
>
>THAT'S IT, YOU'RE DONE! :)
>
>Msmsgs.exe should now stop running under Processes (unless, of course, you have Windows
>Messenger running)...and it won't keep coming back on you!
>
>Hope it helps, I believe it will - did for me!
>Craig

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