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How to disable Windows Messenger

Don't be alarmed when you see one of these, or a similar, warning.

These are caused by spammers using a feature, how smart, microsoft enables automatically when you install windows xp.

The recommended method to remove windows messenger

  1. Goto start->run and enter
  2. RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove (tip, select the text, press control-c, goto start->run and press control-v)

To disable the service without removing the program

  1. Download this file
  2. Doubleclick on the file
  3. When receiving a warning choose 'yes'
  4. You'll receive a confirmation the registry value was changed
  5. Restart windows

You can disable windows messenger because, if you want to use a messenger you can download msn messenger which is a little safer compared to the windows messenger

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