Win xp messanger service pop-ups

[Nathanz 0]

I recently had a problem with pop ups in win xp. These are grey pop ups that are sent using your system messenger service. To stop this happening do the following

1.Go to Start, then Run and type in services.msc Click Ok

2.Scroll to Messenger, select it, right click it and choose Properties.

3.Under startup choose "Disabled", then choose Stop.

4.When stopped, click Ok.

and now you wont be getting any pop ups while playing

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

Thanks for the tip! I just did it and well, i´ll wait and see if it works

[Necromancer- 0]

MSN plus boss protection mode also helps againsat popups.

MSN plus

[PFC Mongoose 0]

Thank GOD!!!

That program is Satan incarnate, I swear.

It's not so bad in Op Flash, but it will severly mess you up if it pops up while you're playing Half-Life (for Day of defeat)

Abnd Half-Life can't handle being minimized, so...

Thank you, thank you, a thousand times, thank you.

[Nathanz 0]

yeah i used to get real mad when the pop up came up when i was playing half life b/c when it does you have to minimize to close it then after that you go back ingame then theres no sound so you have to close half life then start again

[cam0flage 0]

Thank you thank you thank you! This has been bothering me for a while now. Hopefully your tips also work with Windows 2000.

[ale2999 0]

k do u guys ever get msn message from ppl you don't know (they are porn like a girl to invite me to a chat). What is up with that?

[SpeedyDonkey 0]

Thats easy to fix ale! just go into the options of msn (where you change name etc) and you can select to block users that ar´nt on your userlist from sending you messages

[USMC Sniper 0]

Thanks a hell of a lot! I got really pissed when I was playing Vietcong on the 5th level and a messenger popup minimized and screwed up the game!

[SFG 1]

Yeah, I fixed this problem a while ago. Its bad enough to almost finish a mission, then it popsup saying "FREE PENIS ENLARGEMENT"

[Ex-RoNiN 0]

Have you guys heard of Firewalls, Anti-Virus software and spyware removers

[SFG 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ April 14 2003,21:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Have you guys heard of Firewalls, Anti-Virus software and spyware removers <span id='postcolor'>

No, this has nothing to do with those. Its a "Feature" of XP.

[kegetys 2]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (SFG @ April 14 2003,23:02)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ April 14 2003,21:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Have you guys heard of Firewalls, Anti-Virus software and spyware removers <span id='postcolor'>

No, this has nothing to do with those. Its a "Feature" of XP.<span id='postcolor'>

...which can be efficiently blocked with a firewall, like many other Windows holes

[Ex-RoNiN 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (SFG @ April 14 2003,22:02)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ April 14 2003,21:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Have you guys heard of Firewalls, Anti-Virus software and spyware removers <span id='postcolor'>

No, this has nothing to do with those. Its a "Feature" of XP.<span id='postcolor'>

...which, as Kegety's stated, can get blocked by Firewalls AND furthermore, this feature only gets activated through spyware, trojans and other such nasty things, again blocked by appropriate security software

[Warin 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ April 14 2003,22:08)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (SFG @ April 14 2003,222)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ April 14 2003,21:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Have you guys heard of Firewalls, Anti-Virus software and spyware removers <span id='postcolor'>

No, this has nothing to do with those. Its a "Feature" of XP.<span id='postcolor'>

...which, as Kegety's stated, can get blocked by Firewalls AND furthermore, this feature only gets activated through spyware, trojans and other such nasty things, again blocked by appropriate security software <span id='postcolor'>

Actually, Messenger is turned 'on' by default in most installs of 2000 and XP. It's not activated by spyware or trojans generally.

Basically, as far as I can tell it was originally intended to allow a network admin to send messages to folks on the network. like service announcements and such.

Then the marketing scumbags figured out how to send spam to EVERYONE with the service running, and ran with it

[-iCeMaN- 0]

I used to have a pop-up killer called AdsGone, but after I formatted my computer I kinda forgot about it........ until now

So I think I'll go and download it right now

-iCe-

[ale2999 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (SpeedyDonkey @ April 14 2003,19:06)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Thats easy to fix ale! just go into the options of msn (where you change name etc) and you can select to block users that ar´nt on your userlist from sending you messages<span id='postcolor'>

I had that option on already, but maybe it cuz my firewall was down, but it shoudnt matter as it was the actuall msn messanger from where I got those bad bad msgs

[bn880 5]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Warin @ April 14 2003,16:57)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Actually, Messenger is turned 'on' by default in most installs of 2000 and XP. It's not activated by spyware or trojans generally.

Basically, as far as I can tell it was originally intended to allow a network admin to send messages to folks on the network. like service announcements and such.

Then the marketing scumbags figured out how to send spam to EVERYONE with the service running, and ran with it <span id='postcolor'>

Yeah, this is almost as bad as people who don't know you but have the gull to call you on the phone and make special offers. WTF is that, should be illegal.

[SFG 1]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Kegetys @ April 14 2003,22:05)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">2--></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (SFG @ April 14 2003,232)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Ex-RoNiN @ April 14 2003,21:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Have you guys heard of Firewalls, Anti-Virus software and spyware removers <span id='postcolor'>

No, this has nothing to do with those. Its a "Feature" of XP.<span id='postcolor'>

...which can be efficiently blocked with a firewall, like many other Windows holes <span id='postcolor'>

Ah, didnt know that

[Tovarish 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (bn880 @ April 15 2003,05:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Yeah, this is almost as bad as people who don't know you but have the gull to call you on the phone and make special offers.    WTF is that, should be illegal.<span id='postcolor'>

This is where being fluent in a few languages comes in handy, as soon as I realize it's a telemarketer I switch over to Russian and start talking to them about a random topic, then I see how long it takes before they hang up on me. It can be quite amusing.

[bn880 5]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tovarish @ April 15 2003,00:04)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">This is where being fluent in a few languages comes in handy, as soon as I realize it's a telemarketer I switch over to Russian and start talking to them about a random topic, then I see how long it takes before they hang up on me. It can be quite amusing. <span id='postcolor'>

Yeah you actually do that, I'm going to start doing that... since I think it's rude to call like that in the first place.

Especially when you are in the middle of an OFP mission or pondering the creation of the world, and then these nomads try to sell you debt cards or daily misinformation papers. (hand over the tin hat)

[Mister Frag 0]

You actually answer the phone while you are in the middle of a game? Shame on you!

[bn880 5]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ April 15 2003,00:28)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You actually answer the phone while you are in the middle of a game? Shame on you!<span id='postcolor'>

Sometimes. When someone gets lost in the mission I'll answer the phone just in case it's them. j/k

[PFC Mongoose 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (bn880 @ April 15 2003,05:59)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Warin @ April 14 2003,16:57)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Actually, Messenger is turned 'on' by default in most installs of 2000 and XP.  It's not activated by spyware or trojans generally.

Basically, as far as I can tell it was originally intended to allow a network admin to send messages to folks on the network.  like service announcements and such.

Then the marketing scumbags figured out how to send spam to EVERYONE with the service running, and ran with it  <span id='postcolor'>

Yeah, this is almost as bad as people who don't know you but have the gull to call you on the phone and make special offers.    WTF is that, should be illegal.<span id='postcolor'>

Nah. IMO, MEssenger is much, much worse.

If you have a good caller ID, it'll usually tell you when the persona calling is from a corporation. And if' it's a telemarketer, as soon as they start pitching the sale, I just hang up.

But Messenger makes Half-Life crash, and sometimes, it pops up a stupid window as often as once every 30 minutes. That makes me seriously angry.