Annoying "Messenger" Pop-Ups

Chems · November 20th, 2005, 11:16 PM

I know they're virus related. Can anyone help me to get rid of these stupid pop ups?

Atomic Rooster · November 20th, 2005, 11:22 PM

Go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services. Scroll down to Messenger, right click on it and select Properties. Next to Startup type, select Disabled and under Service status, click the Stop button. Click Apply > OK and your good to go.

**GroundZero3** · November 20th, 2005, 11:26 PM

disable the service, update to service pack 1, or run a firewall will stop this ( i suggest you update to service pack 1 or at least have a firewall running)

soulja · November 20th, 2005, 11:37 PM

i've noticed this on a fresh install of xp, basically updating to service pack 1 will stop the problem..

Chems · November 22nd, 2005, 09:29 PM

thanks a lot guys! that did the trick!

now one more question. this computer is set up with multiple accounts (XP home edition) and all accounts have administrative privileges. with that said, i had a question regarding downloads in different accounts. i used to have media player version 9 which i loved, but one of the users like an idiot went and upgraded it to version 10 which i hate! this is the reason why i never upgraded to it. so now that this user upgraded it, it affected all of the users. is there a way to undo this? i know of system restore, but wouldn't that undo all of the service pack 1 downloads and the other configuration thing you guys just showed me? is there a way to make it so that if one user does something like install a new version of a program or download anything/install any kinda program, is there a way to set it up so that only that specific account is affected, and not the others?

thanks!

soulja · November 23rd, 2005, 01:36 AM

good to hear that u fixed the problem.. as for WMP below will tell u how..
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To roll back from Windows Media Player 10 to a previous version, do the following:
In Control Panel (Category View), click Add or Remove Programs.
Click Remove a program, and then do one of the following:
If you are running Windows XP Service Pack 2, select the Show updates check box (at the top of the list), click Windows Media Player 10 (in the Windows Updates section), and then click Change/Remove.
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If you are running Windows XP Service Pack 1 or earlier, click Windows Media Player 10, and then click Change/Remove.