Windows Messanger Pop Ups

From: Sherriel (sherriela_at_aol.com)
Date: 05/28/03


Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 05:57:52 -0700


>-----Original Message-----
>I am getting Windows Messanger Pop Ups. I have AOL and I
>was so happy when they made a popup killer and it works.
>Online I get no popups. But now I'm getting a different
>kind. Just text..in a windows messanger box. They are so
>annoying. They kick me out of games when I'm playing
them
>online and I miss alot of action by the time I
click "Ok"
>and bring my game back up. How do I get rid of these
>annoying things!!!!
>.
>

I had the same problem and found this fix for it:

"How to stop Messenger popup Spam - FREE:

These 4 easy steps will turn off the messenger service
used to send messenger service popup ads. The Messenger
service is not related to Windows Messenger or MSN
Messenger.:

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

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

Under startup choose "Disabled", then choose Stop.

When stopped, click Ok. "
  
Worked for me!



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