Annoying Xp Pop Ups

[trugmolly]

HI I have xp proffesional. It all works fine and with the service pack.. But one thing bugs me.. I keep getting little pop ups when online.. they say that they come through messenger.. Links dont work not that I would want to use one...Mostly advertising a solution to get rid of them.. Does anyone know hot to block these ? Thanks
Peter

[cosmic doobie]

you need to disable this in messenger.
open Run and type services.msc into the box, scroll down and change to disabled

[cosmic doobie]

If that fails try this:

Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel
Click Administrative Tools
Click Services
Double click Services Scroll
down and highlight "Messenger"
Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
Click the STOP button.
Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
Click OK

[N£MO]

And if all that is too much for you,go to www.grc.com and there is a program for lamers to do it. :D

[trugmolly]

Cheers... I found it and stopped it.. Cool

[Eradication]

Thank you guys! When I play games on WarCraft III, it gets really annoying when there is a pop-up every 5 minutes.