Re: HELP...my IP address is being read by others....

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe@mvps.org)
Date: 11/23/02


From: "Kent W. England [MVP]" <kwe@mvps.org>
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 14:21:42 -0800

To stop the popups that happen outside your browser, from the Internet,
disable the Messenger service on XP. This is not Windows Messenger or
MSN Messenger, but another service that you don't need running.

-- 
Kent W. England, MS MVP for Windows XP
(Please respond only in the newsgroup)
"scott" <scottsixers@netscape.net> wrote in
message news:12a1201c29319$f2e11d20$89f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA01...
> Is there a download from microsoft that blocks my ip
> address so I dont get 25 popups in 5 minutes? I use
> internet explorer, with a broadband service
> 


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