re: msmsgs.exe Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 1:41 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Karl Rudnick (1 messages posted) GREAT recommendations. On Win XP Home, gpedit.msc does not exist. Is there a similar way to turn off msmsgs.exe there as well? Thanks in advance... On Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 6:24 pm, BC wrote: >Problem is either > > - This often happens because Norton Antivirus is enabled to scan instant messenger >files. Disable this, from the options menu and you should be set, otherwise: > > - If not, and you just want to stop it, do it the nice and safe way (found on http://www.pchell.com/support/removemessenger.shtml): > >How do I disable Windows Messenger from running? > >The procedures for disabling Windows Messenger will depend on the version of Windows >Messenger installed on your computer. > >Windows Messenger 4.0 or Later on a Windows XP Professional > >1) Click Start, click Run, type gpedit.msc, and then press ENTER >2) Double-click the following items to expand them: > > * Local Computer Policy > * Computer Configuration > * Administrative Templates > * Windows Components > * Windows Messenger > >3) Double-click on the option "Do not allow Windows Messenger to run", and then click >Enabled. >4) Click OK, and then close the window > > DONE!!! > > > Written in response to: re: msmsgs.exe (BC: Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 6:24 pm) Responses to this message: re: msmsgs.exe (Tez: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 12:18 am) All messages in this thread [show all] msmsgs.exe (Dave: Fri, Aug 1, 2003, 2:51 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Bob Cerelli: Fri, Aug 1, 2003, 3:10 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Dave: Fri, Aug 1, 2003, 4:47 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Xenon: Wed, Apr 5, 2006, 1:28 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (Sarbajit De: Tue, Dec 12, 2006, 11:43 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (Mike Stepansky: Thu, Sep 18, 2003, 4:56 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (keith twombley: Sun, Mar 7, 2004, 12:41 pm) re: msmsgs.exe Port 1900 (DDK: Sat, Sep 20, 2003, 4:44 am) re: msmsgs.exe Port 1900 (Mete: Fri, Oct 31, 2003, 10:32 am) re: msmsgs.exe Port 1900 (Jeruvy: Wed, Dec 31, 2003, 5:57 am) re: msmsgs.exe Port 1900 (TAWNY: Tue, Jan 13, 2004, 8:02 am) re: msmsgs.exe Port 1900 (BOLO: Tue, May 25, 2004, 3:00 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Barbara: Fri, Jan 9, 2004, 5:36 am) re: msmsgs.exe (robert tan: Mon, Jan 12, 2004, 5:49 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Barbara: Mon, Jan 12, 2004, 8:44 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Craig: Thu, Feb 5, 2004, 6:54 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Niklas: Tue, Feb 10, 2004, 2:11 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (Mike: Fri, Jun 25, 2004, 8:47 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (Pantera: Sat, Jun 26, 2004, 10:07 am) re: msmsgs.exe (hohner: Sat, Jun 26, 2004, 11:15 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (Bob: Sun, Jun 27, 2004, 5:48 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Bob: Sat, Jun 26, 2004, 10:46 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Barbara: Mon, Jan 12, 2004, 9:05 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Ed: Sat, Jan 17, 2004, 10:47 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (martin: Sun, Jan 18, 2004, 11:28 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Barbara: Mon, Jan 19, 2004, 4:39 am) re: msmsgs.exe (martin: Mon, Jan 19, 2004, 9:42 am) re: msmsgs.exe (TAPE: Mon, Jan 24, 2005, 1:03 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (woosoobi: Sat, Feb 12, 2005, 1:29 am) re: msmsgs.exe (hohner: Fri, Apr 16, 2004, 10:41 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (mikey: Fri, May 21, 2004, 8:11 am) re: msmsgs.exe (hohner: Fri, May 21, 2004, 9:01 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (Hylen: Sun, Jul 4, 2004, 11:47 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Hylen: Sun, Jul 4, 2004, 12:27 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (Daniel Brockman: Wed, Feb 11, 2004, 12:22 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (VICTOR: Wed, Apr 7, 2004, 4:32 pm) re: msmsgs.exe Simple Reply (Matt: Tue, Aug 3, 2004, 6:12 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Jeff Harrison: Thu, Aug 5, 2004, 8:44 am) re: msmsgs.exe (hohner: Thu, Aug 5, 2004, 5:26 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (john milner: Wed, Feb 16, 2005, 1:10 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (Falcon: Wed, Feb 16, 2005, 1:14 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (Jeff: Fri, Aug 1, 2003, 5:11 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Adam Bradley: Fri, Aug 1, 2003, 6:15 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Ron: Tue, Aug 12, 2003, 8:18 pm) re: msmsgs and firewall (Ammo: Thu, Aug 21, 2003, 9:53 am) re: msmsgs and firewall (JOse: Tue, Sep 9, 2003, 7:39 am) re: msmsgs.exe (icewings: Sun, Jan 25, 2004, 11:26 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (Cam: Fri, Feb 6, 2004, 2:57 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Rick Leton: Sat, Aug 16, 2003, 12:03 am) re: msmsgs.exe (Dave: Sat, Aug 16, 2003, 4:23 am) re: msmsgs.exe (internet user: Fri, Sep 12, 2003, 9:03 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (Dylan: Wed, Jul 7, 2004, 6:19 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (Tone: Mon, Aug 18, 2003, 5:46 pm) re: msmsgs.exe (mark: Tue, Aug 19, 2003, 9:13 am) How to disable msmsgs.exe (bbb: Thu, Aug 21, 2003, 2:30 pm) re: How to disable msmsgs.exe (bbb: Thu, Aug 21, 2003, 2:41 pm) re: How to disable msmsgs.exe (Janet: Fri, Jan 30, 2004, 5:38 pm) re: How to disable msmsgs.exe (Holli Would: Fri, Aug 4, 2006, 12:26 pm) re: How to disable msmsgs.exe (Nitrox: Thu, Nov 16, 2006, 9:35 am) re: How to disable msmsgs.exe (budwiizer: Sun, Aug 31, 2003, 11:53 am) re: How to disable msmsgs.exe (username: Tue, Sep 9, 2003, 8:50 am) re: How to disable msmsgs.exe (a01hjd: Tue, Oct 21, 2003, 11:01 am) re: msmsgs.exe (methegrate: Thu, Aug 21, 2003, 1:34 am) re: msmsgs.exe - this was the fix!! 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