This has to go away

Ben · 30-May-03, 06:16 PM

Hullo. i have a friend who cant kill messneger. he tries to close it, but cant because it is running with other programs. i searched the foruns, had him send me his Sysoc.ini file and removed the hid part. Saved the file, went to add/remove components, but mseeneger wont show up. I guess the issue is that it needs to be closed first?.

I dunno. basically, what Im asking is 'How do i walk a n00b through getting rid of mseeneger?' I guess I should mention he uses AOL (sickening, aint it?) for his dialup. so maybe that is interacting w/ messenger? I dont know.

ANY help would be awesome. Heres his sysoc.inf file

Add: hes on XP Pro

carbongraphite · 30-May-03, 06:20 PM

i see nothing wrong with AIM becuse its common and works ok but not good. have you tried disableing it in msconfig.exe?

Buzz_4_20 · 30-May-03, 06:31 PM

installing sp1 makes MSN a non vital component,
but run msconfig and uncheck all the msn messenger startup stuff.

Dimazz · 30-May-03, 07:19 PM

if it is MSN messenger then go into the directory from which it opens (mine is C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger) and rename the main exe to anything but the originol name and windows will try to find it but wont be able to so it wont open, thats how i did mine. worked great

Ben · 30-May-03, 07:36 PM

Its for the built in windows messenger, and we tried to rename it, but cant close the program to rename it because it is in use by other programs. Any ideas?

Dimazz · 30-May-03, 07:44 PM

go into task manager and and the processe or the processe tree of MSN and then try

NoSlak · 30-May-03, 07:45 PM

How bout b00ting in safe mode then delete the folder or what was mentioned above.

Buzz_4_20 · 30-May-03, 07:57 PM

you mean the winpopup style messenger, just go into mscongfig and un-select the services messenger and alerter.

Potato Joe · 30-May-03, 08:15 PM

Here you go! Do the .bat file and you will be rid of the pest.

Ben · 02-June-03, 07:40 PM

Potato your a

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30-May-03, 06:20 PM		#2 (permalink)
carbongraphite Pow - Hoe playa	i see nothing wrong with AIM becuse its common and works ok but not good. have you tried disableing it in msconfig.exe?

30-May-03, 06:31 PM		#3 (permalink)
Buzz_4_20 Apex Elite Tech	installing sp1 makes MSN a non vital component, but run msconfig and uncheck all the msn messenger startup stuff.

30-May-03, 07:19 PM		#4 (permalink)
Dimazz Sk8-Hoe-r	if it is MSN messenger then go into the directory from which it opens (mine is C:\Program Files\MSN Messenger) and rename the main exe to anything but the originol name and windows will try to find it but wont be able to so it wont open, thats how i did mine. worked great

30-May-03, 07:36 PM		#5 (permalink)
Ben Mote-Hoe-Cross	Its for the built in windows messenger, and we tried to rename it, but cant close the program to rename it because it is in use by other programs. Any ideas?

30-May-03, 07:44 PM		#6 (permalink)
Dimazz Sk8-Hoe-r	go into task manager and and the processe or the processe tree of MSN and then try

30-May-03, 07:45 PM		#7 (permalink)
NoSlak Gridiron	How bout b00ting in safe mode then delete the folder or what was mentioned above.

30-May-03, 07:57 PM		#8 (permalink)
Buzz_4_20 Apex Elite Tech	you mean the winpopup style messenger, just go into mscongfig and un-select the services messenger and alerter.

30-May-03, 08:15 PM		#9 (permalink)
Potato Joe Potat-Hoe	Here you go! Do the .bat file and you will be rid of the pest.

02-June-03, 07:40 PM		#10 (permalink)
Ben Mote-Hoe-Cross	Potato your a