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by arichart

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How would one disable the Windows Messenger Service in Windows XP Pro?

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by cptomlly

Start>Control Panel>Performance and Maintenance>Administrative Tools>Services

Find Messenger in this services list, and double-click. In startup type, select disabled.

Here's a graphical how-to if you need it:
http://tinyurl.com/6msv

Hope this helps.

by arichart

When I went there before posing this question, there was a message that Messenger and Windows Messenger were two different items and that by stopping the Messenger, Windows Messenger would still be running. Thanks anyway!

by w2ktechman

do you mean windows messenger service or windows instant messenger?
The above will work for the service, but for that little annoying windows messenger icon in systray, go to add/remove programs -- windows components and remove it.

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