Re: Pop-ups

From: Jupiter Jones [MVP] (jones_jupiter_at_hotnomail.com)
Date: 05/25/03 

Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 09:00:59 -0600

That will stop the pop-ups but will do nothing to protect the computer
from the real problem.
A firewall is necessary to protect the computer.
Read previous posts. 

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"Olaf Rohleder" <Olaf.Rohleder@t-online.de> wrote in message
news:3ED0AB1A.5040100@t-online.de...
> Hello you two!
>
> You have to stop the "Messenger Service" in Computer
> Management/Services. Then you wont get the Popups any more.
>
> HTH, Olaf
>
> Michelle schrieb:
> >  Hi Juuls.  I'm am just wondering if you found out how to
> > stop those popups.  I use a company computer (Windows XP)
> > at home and i have got to stop those from popping up.  I
> > would appreciate you telling me if you found out how to
> > stop them.  Thanks  Michelle
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>I know there is a fix in Windows XP Professional that
> >>allows you to stop those annoying popups that launch as
> >>long as my connection to the internet is open...they are
> >>not internet generated but are some sort of Win XP
> >>internal messanger capability and all of them are total
> >>SPAM..they launch in the grey sort of window that all
> >>error messages do and sometimes when I sit down even
> >>though I don't have IE open there is a stack of those
> >>buggers on the screen.  Please advise.
> >>Juuls
> >>.
> >>
> >
>

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