Shutting down the Messenger Service limits MSN Messenger's functionality. The official 
"Microsoft Answer" to this problem is below.
To enable or disable Internet Connection Firewall:
1. Open Network Connections 
2. Click the Dial-up, LAN or High-Speed Internet connection that you want to protect, 
and then, under Network Tasks, click Change settings of this connection.
3. On the Advanced tab, under Internet Connection Firewall, select one of the following: 
To enable Internet Connection Firewall (ICF), select the Protect my computer and 
network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet check 
box. 
To disable Internet Connection Firewall, clear the Protect my computer and network 
by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet check box.

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re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 6:32 pm Posted by Adam Bradley (7823 messages posted) odd I have never heard of any limitations (what have you heard of?) do not think that there are any because the 2 programs are not related at all regards, Adam Bradley On Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 3:56 pm, George Graham wrote: >Shutting down the Messenger Service limits MSN Messenger's functionality. The official >"Microsoft Answer" to this problem is below. >To enable or disable Internet Connection Firewall: >1. Open Network Connections >2. Click the Dial-up, LAN or High-Speed Internet connection that you want to protect, >and then, under Network Tasks, click Change settings of this connection. >3. On the Advanced tab, under Internet Connection Firewall, select one of the following: >To enable Internet Connection Firewall (ICF), select the Protect my computer and >network by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet check >box. >To disable Internet Connection Firewall, clear the Protect my computer and network >by limiting or preventing access to this computer from the Internet check box. > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 2:27 am Posted by Jon (152 messages posted) I agree, Adam. I have stopped the messenger service from starting automatically on my PC and have not seen any impact on MSN Messenger, however I do notice that I don't get the annoying spams any more. In my opinion, switching on the XP firewall has a greater impact on MSN Messenger than the disabling of the messenger service, for example preventing the sending and receiving of files sent via MSN. On Wednesday, January 22, 2003 at 6:32 pm, Adam Bradley wrote: >odd I have never heard of any limitations (what have you heard of?) do not think >that there are any because the 2 programs are not related at all regards, >Adam Bradley > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages' Sunday, March 30, 2003 at 10:18 am Posted by Gerald (1 messages posted) I play alot of online games where I can't run a firewall and that's when these messages get annoying. Besides leaving 1 of them open so others don't pop up how can I disable it on startup for all users? On Thursday, January 23, 2003 at 2:27 am, Jon wrote: >I agree, Adam. I have stopped the messenger service from starting automatically on >my PC and have not seen any impact on MSN Messenger, however I do notice that I don't >get the annoying spams any more. In my opinion, switching on the XP firewall has >a greater impact on MSN Messenger than the disabling of the messenger service, for >example preventing the sending and receiving of files sent via MSN. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum