windows messenger

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I have messenger turned off in XP Pro. When I go into Outlook, it appears and stays in my system try until I close out. Now, the question is, can I disable it perminately?

I have gone to tools > windows messenger > options > preferences >and unchecked everything there.

[around2it]

try this

To access: Start>Run>gpedit.msc

Disable Windows Messenger

- Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Messenger\(Set both items to Enabled)

See the Regedit section on how to turn off Messenger and fix the Outlook Express "slowdown" issue


To access: Start>Run>Regedit or search for and run Regedit.exe

Turn off MSN Messenger

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client]

PreventRun=1 Will prevent MSN Messenger from running

PreventAutoRun=1 Will prevent MSN from popping up automatically.

Set/create both these DWORD entries to 1 to disable MSN Messenger.


Fix Outlook Express slowdown when MSN Messenger is disabled

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID]

Find the key {FB7199AB-79BF-11d2-8D94-0000F875C541} and under it select the folder IniProcServer32. In the right panel of regedit double-click on the (Default) entry at the top and completely delete the value data it contains. Now do the same for the LocalServer32 folder as well.

[Force Flow]

Great! It worked! Thanks, around2it

Where the heck did you every find how to do that anyway? That gets in pretty deep.