Pesky Pop Ups

From: Edgardo Valdez (edgardovaldez@hotmail.com)
Date: 04/01/03 

From: "Edgardo Valdez" <edgardovaldez@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 17:05:27 -0800

If you are using Windows 2000 or XP Professional, you can
get rid of the pop ups for good by stopping the Messenger
service. You can do start, run and type "compmgmt.msc /s",
without quotes, then select the messenger service and stop
it. If you are not using the service at all, you can
disable it, so it will not start when the computers boots
up.

>-----Original Message-----
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>How do I stop those Pop Ups that greet me on my desktop,
>in
>>the middle of working on-line and off-line? They are
>from
>>Messenger Service and range from "Hi, I'm Jen" to selling
>>toothpaste. Some are pretty risque. Sometimes, I have 22
>>of them in the morning. I don't understand how they are
>>getting through. Help, someone.
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

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