Note: This will prevent a long delay when opening Outlook Express if you have the Contacts pane enabled. To prevent this, click Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:
Right click in the right pane and select New, Dword value. Give it the name Hide Messenger Double click this new entry and set the value to 2.
If you have XP SP1 installed then you will get an error. Just Click okay and it will complete the uninstall. Once you restart windows messenger will be gone!
Editing your registry without following or knowing how to back-up your registry may lead to unfortunate consequences. Be warned that this forum cannot be responsible for your attempt.
Additional note that this method DOES NOT UNINSTALL Windows Messenger but merely prevents the auto loading when your Outlook Express starts. The program and file itself are still present. Do not misunderstand.
The safer way of doing this is, since you've installed SP1 or higher, access
Set Program Access and Defaults > Custom Instant Messaging > uncheck Windows Messenger
It's that simple. Editing registry should be the last resort when simple setting like this does not work.
When it comes to the registry, if you don't know, don't touch! The registry is an essiantal part of the Operating System, and if it was damaged, and you had no backups, you would be forced to format your whole computer, at worst.
Don't do it, it messes up Windows. After removing it, if you create a new account you'll get some weird error when first logging in. Although it appears only once and doesn't have any other noticable "side-effects". It is more than possible that something else might also go wrong.
I Don't under stand why people bother removing Windows Messenger and Internet Explorer because they won't bother you if you don't use them. Although Messenger does sometimes launch at startup just go to the Options menu and tell it not to and it complies.
And For those wondering, IE security holes won't affect you unless you use IE.
I usually just leave it alone - it's not THAT distracting (I assume you're talking about the little indicator in the taskbar). For me, it's a good way for me to tell whether I'm connected or not.
To remove Windows Messenger manually, click Start, Run and enter the following command: If you have XP SP1 installed then you will get an error. Just Click okay and it will complete the uninstall. Once you restart windows messenger will be gone!
Mmmhhh, the whole point of uninstalling Windows Messenger manually escapes me, when it is so awfully easy to have the Windows CP allowing you to do it safely. Ever cared to go in Windows CP, Add/remove programs, then on the left side of the window on Windows Components and there unchek Messenger or whatever else you want to remove... ?
Now, don't get me wrong : I'm not naive up to the point of believing that you extract all and every Messenger's components, since it seems that Bill Gates' thugs are so keen about nosing all 'bout us chickens. But at least, by so doing, you'll get quietly on your business without unnecessary traffic associated with having Messenger awake, if passively, on your system .
And YES!, there's no telling what you might wind up with when you put dirty, sticky fingers in the Registry, God Forbid!
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Konqueror, or want to use a file manager other than Dolphin and Windows' file manager? Install
Konqueror. There are many other packages to install, just go through the list of packages for what
you want to install. The programs, i think, take on the theme of the operating system, so those
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I am now running on Windows XP. I'm confused whether to use and install Windows Updates or not.
My friends and some local IT support said that I do not need them. But many tech site suggests them
to be installed. Here is my situation : I only use this PC to browse internet, download files,
using P2P software, play games and other activity that doesn't require internet. I never use
wireless internet, my PC is not linked to another PC (workgroup). Do I really need Windows Update at
all? Untill now, I never experienced any crash or something without those updates. ....
Hi, although it has some useful features and it's (i'd hope so...) well integrated with the
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had to intensively work on my file directory... still I haven't found a very good one, all
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I've just put together a package of "MPlayer for Windows". The installer includes everything
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------------------- * MPlayer for Win32, SVN-r25962 (2008-02-09) * SMPlayer front-end by RVM,
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Hi all, I am running a Mac and I have a Windows XP home edition already installed on another
partition via boot camp. Then I ran into Parallels and began installing it. However, instead of
using the existing installation via boot camp, it is asking me to provide a cd key to activate XP. I
couldn't possibly provide a cd key as I already used it to activate. How can I get Parallels to
use the existing installation without asking me to provide another cd key? I gave up and thought of
uninstalling Parallels but I couldn't do it on the Windows side as I was require....
If you are interested in having a universal chat client... visit the below link.
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Like more than 2 gmail, yahoo etc. All your chat contacts will get listed. Very convenient to have
one application running rather than Gtalk, Y! messenger etc. Also, there are so many features. You
have everything you want and can go for max customizations... Have been using this for the past one
month. Its really nice. Its Open Source... So you know what can be done... Its available for a....
Garage is a awesome program for music editing and making raw little loops and cool music.
Unfortuantly as most of you know it is only for macs! RAWR! I don't use macs often nor do I own
one! Anyone know of any freeware(or not) programs for windows? "Hi I am a PC, and I am a mac!"
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I am looking for a free software which is able to remove a voice in a song? To just keep the tune,
something similar to the karaoke, I do know that not many songs provide only the tune for which
there isn't any singing. I have been searching for quite some time as well, but the programs I
found did not do just that. I have also read about how impossible it is to achieve with the programs
because they only filter out some frequencies and it isn't possible to filter out to the point
that only the instrumental part of the song is heard. But nonetheless, I hope someo....
My windows media player 11 has seemed to have developed a problem. Well actulally it has always been
doing this. I am running a P4 (2.8GHz with 512 ram, 64MB vram), and when I try to activate the
visualization in WMP 11 all it is horribly slow and pixelized. I would guess about 5 fps Normally I
would just accept this and keep saving for a new computer but the second that there is something
covering even part of the visualization screen, it ups it's performance. If you put a separate
window over the vis screen (even the slightest corner of a window) the performance up....
Windows Media Player 11 has been officially release today...
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as well as the beta 2 version... The interface is as nice as ever and its definitely my best media
player I've ever used!....
I did not know that you can actually detect who are invisible on your buddy list in the yahoo
messenger (for YM users). I've searched the web and there are many ways to know who are signed
in but choose to hide. My querry is "how to know who are invisible in Yahoo Messenger", its pretty
long but the search engine retrieve lots of pages. Ive tested them and they work. Ive detected some
of my buddies who are actually hiding. Aha got cha! Moved to the Software Forum ....
Today patchou published Messenger plus! live on www.msgpluslive.net, the new version of messenger
plus! compatible with the latest Microsft Messenger. Plus! is a great addition for any Live
Messenger users and you shouldn't miss it, here just a few features: Tabbed chatting Quick
texts Custom sounds Personalized status I've been using it since it first came out and I can
fully recommend it to everybody.....
Windows Admin Password Hack: Forgot your NT admin password? Reinstall? Oh no... But not any more...
This is a utility to (re)set the password of any user that has a valid (local) account on your NT
system. You do not need to know the old password to set a new one. It works offline, that is, you
have to shutdown your computer and boot off a floppydisk or CD. The bootdisk includes stuff to
access NTFS and FAT/FAT32 partitions and scripts to glue the whole thing together. Will detect and
offer to unlock locked or disabled out user accounts! It is also an almost fully func....
I've a question and I've googled for it and found no answers. People here might help. So the
question is, where does MSN messenger store those custom emotions which I've added from my
friend's emotions? It's like when my friend sends an emotion that I think its cool and
decides to add to my emotions, where does that GIF file goes to? I couldn't find those GIF files
in msn messenger installation directory.....
One day I was bored so I set a password for our Web security software, Trend Micro Internet
Security. I turned on the URL filter, and now, whenever my friends send me something funny that has
no porn or anything in it, I get the Blocked error. I am really annoyed by this; I can't change
other setting in the software too. Is there any way to either reset the password or remove it,
without uninstalling Trend Micro?....
I have a windows XP home edition laptop and the software came preinstalled with my computer. When i
try to do some tasks like windows restore it says that it has been disabled by my domain administer
and to contact the admin to get this changed. 1) this computer is not in a domain 2) I own the
computer and am a full administrater 3) I am loged in as the administrater. 4) Both of my
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tasks that have to do with windows restore. My laptop is a TOSHIBA Satellite A65 with prei....
From What I heard about WMP11, Microsoft's original plans for Windows Media Player (WMP)
11--formerly code-named Aurora--were fairly low-key, with just a few minor new features. That's
all changed: Microsoft has canceled Aurora, and the company is moving the Longhorn media player to
XP. Now code-named Polaris, WMP 11 will be a major release. There's just one problem: Instead of
shipping in November, as per the original plan, WMP 11 will now ship in a public beta during that
month, coinciding with Longhorn Beta 2. The final release is roughly scheduled for ear....
Im tryin 2 Install an Ebook & when I click the "setup" file, itz givin an error sayin "This program
requires at least 3MB of free Virtual Memory to run"... There r 3 partitions on the Disk Viz., C,
E, F... The Page file size is set as "1536-3072 MB" for C Drive, but other Drives do not hav any
Page File Size set... i've windows xp and win 2000 Plz help me wid thiz problem... Thanx, ....
I have both MSN messenger 7.0 which I downloaded and Windows Messenger which was automatically
installed by the Operating System (Windows XP professional). I came to know that many times
Windows messenger will log in automatically as soon as I switch on my system. In fact I made
automatically sign in at MSN messenger which Windows messenger is also seeming to use. Since I
don't want this thing to happen I try to delete the short cut in Program Files at C drive but I
cannot delete. I just delete Start Menu Short Cut which doesn't help. Is there any way to co....
Plagiarized post. Quotes added. Link below. ? great software for detecting mp3 duplicated is here
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Hi all, judging from the many posts to the forums re: hardware & software problems... I posted this
question: HOW MANY TIMES HAS A "UPDATE" downloaded directly from MSs website.. CRASHED YOUR COMPUTER
??? For our purposes here a "crash" is a major malfunction of any part of the Windows operation
system.. such as Internet Explorer kept "freezing up".. after an update. A crash is anything you
couldn't live with.. and you had to "Restore" OR even completely "re-install" the whole Windows
OS to fix it. Another example would be all the problems that SP1 (service pack 1....
Hi people... It's me again... I found this good pages where you can download skins for Yahoo!
Messenger, they're great! I've installed a lot of them... well enjoy! I hope you like them.
/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /> Customize.org
/laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /> Skinbase.org ....
Check this out: Microsoft Windows AnitSpyware It is from Microsoft, and at first glance it is
great. I was a bit cautious at first but... Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware provides constant
protection against infection, which includes browser hijack protection, application hijack
protection, and various other critical system settings for unauthorized changes. When you scan you
computer you can choose a smart scan (less time) or a full scan (more time). I will post time
comparisons later. The scan checks memory, files, registry, and cookies. Also, you can schedule
scans ....
Hi everyone I was wondering which IM have you used or are you using now? I have MSN, Yahoo
Messenger, and AIM installed on my computer right now. But I use MSN most of the time since
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border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> I tried Trillian as well but I abandoned it since it doesn't
have audio or video capabilities. I've also heard of open source IMs but I haven't really
tried them. Any ideas or experiences?....
hey guys i wrote an article some time back on how to have your own webserver at home.... i know what
drives people away from such things is just the lack of a control panel , people really want to be
in full control so i set up my own home server and gave it a cpanel design. well you know theres
still no cpanel for windows still under development and most likely its just gona be for the people
using iis, but for the rest of us apache dudes i got a solution. the design is a cpanel green theme,
and its good and all the links are working properly PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS ....
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