help with 2 things in XP

me_john85 · 10-July-03, 06:27 PM

just got xp and i dont really know how to get arround yet and theres 2 things already pissing me off.

#1. Messenger Service spam. windows come up trying to sell me stuff, and otheres come up trying to sell me a program to stop these things comeing up. I rember somthing on TSS on how to get rid of these but i didnt pay attention.

#2 Little "bubbles" or help things that come up and tell me how to hide things, or tell me that the window has went into the taskbar, and the program is still running.

Buzz_4_20 · 10-July-03, 06:31 PM

for the messenger service popups...
run
msconfig
go to startup (i think)
and uncheck messenger... problem kinda solved.
those bastards are still using up precious bandwidth.....

me_john85 · 10-July-03, 06:43 PM

would it be called CMESYS?

Buzz_4_20 · 10-July-03, 06:57 PM

now you have lost me.......

me_john85 · 10-July-03, 08:02 PM

theres a program running in msconfig called "CMESYS" just wondering if that would be the messenger or not

Buzz_4_20 · 10-July-03, 08:06 PM

oh, not sure what it is off the top of my head but....
messenger is what messenger is called....
it's in the last tab...

Rafiki · 10-July-03, 08:31 PM

heres a site for all youre xp tweaking needs...
TWEAK XP
ok as for the bubbles...
Click Start, right-click at the top of the Start menu where your name is displayed, and then click Properties.
In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, on the Start Menu tab, click Customize.
Click the Advanced tab, and then clear the Highlight newly installed programs check box.
Click OK, and then click OK again.

as for messenger.....
get rid of popups in messenger

have fun

me_john85 · 11-July-03, 02:09 AM

ahh ok thanks guys

jinxÂ© · 11-July-03, 02:47 AM

This site will run you thru the list of services that are reasonably safe to turn off.
Stops some headaches and frees up alot of resources

http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

TekXoID · 11-July-03, 02:53 AM

The "Bubbles" John is speaking of are called tooltips, not the "highlight new programs" feature of WinXP, Rafiki.

To disable ToolTips in Windows XP:

1) Open the Registry Editor
2) Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop.
3) Double-click UserPreferencemask and change its value to 3E 00 00 00.
4) Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows.

jinxÂ© · 11-July-03, 02:58 AM

I think the TweakXP program has an option to turn off tool tips as well if I remember right.

G Money · 11-July-03, 03:15 AM

Sell your PC, and buy an Apple. Okay, just kidding. I started getting those pop-up ads even when I had no browsers running. It all started after installing Morpheus. Anytime my internet connection was active, a pop-up would come up even with no programs running telling me that "people could be hacking my computer", etc.

TweakXP is a good program to have, you can also load windows into memory with that...but you'll need 1GB of memory (recommended) to do that.

TekXoID · 11-July-03, 04:42 AM

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	Originally posted by G Money Sell your PC, and buy an Apple. Okay, just kidding. I started getting those pop-up ads even when I had no browsers running. It all started after installing Morpheus. Anytime my internet connection was active, a pop-up would come up even with no programs running telling me that "people could be hacking my computer", etc. TweakXP is a good program to have, you can also load windows into memory with that...but you'll need 1GB of memory (recommended) to do that.

Nothing has to do with those pop up ads other then the messenger service (not related to msn messenger)

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bushh · 11-July-03, 08:43 AM

Um. and why would you want to load XP into your memory? then that cuts down on the mem for everything else

hawklen · 11-July-03, 09:06 AM

One reason bush, is because you can.

ADD: I usually delete the messenger folder in the windows dir, stops it for me.

BZA · 11-July-03, 10:00 AM

the messenger popups is a service. go to start>run and type services.msc then scroll through the list until you see a service called "Messenger" right click it, go to properties, hit "stop" and then where it says "automatic" change that to "disable". viola! No more windows pop-ups.

G Money · 11-July-03, 12:57 PM

Well, for loading Windows XP into memory, it will run much faster if you have mucho RAM installed on your computer. With RAM prices so cheap nowadays, people are doing it simply because they can. I know guys use to load Quake or whatever online game they were playing using a virtual RAM drive...but that was back in the days so I'm not sure what they are doing now. It was kind of a pain, because you had to drag folders back and forth.

bushh · 11-July-03, 01:29 PM

well i have 2 gb of ram, so i could load CS into ram if i wanted to, how? that would be lightning fast!

TekXoID · 11-July-03, 02:50 PM

You want windows to load into your memory if you have 1GB+ ram. I have page file disabled and registry hacked to disable windows from recreating the pagefile, instead loading all of windows into the memory.

At startup, 370MB in use with just trillian and firewall running.

hawklen · 11-July-03, 05:42 PM

hrm tekx.. my page is set to 384, 1gb ram here too..sometimes when Im using photoshop with alot open, damn windows something about virtual memory low..bah..

10-July-03, 06:27 PM		#1 (permalink)
me_john85 Camp Pen-Hoe-tan's Hoe	help with 2 things in XP just got xp and i dont really know how to get arround yet and theres 2 things already pissing me off. #1. Messenger Service spam. windows come up trying to sell me stuff, and otheres come up trying to sell me a program to stop these things comeing up. I rember somthing on TSS on how to get rid of these but i didnt pay attention. #2 Little "bubbles" or help things that come up and tell me how to hide things, or tell me that the window has went into the taskbar, and the program is still running.

11-July-03, 09:06 AM		#15 (permalink)
hawklen PCApex's Mouthy Stepchild	One reason bush, is because you can. ADD: I usually delete the messenger folder in the windows dir, stops it for me. Last edited by hawklen; 11-July-03 at 10:06 AM..

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10-July-03, 06:31 PM		#2 (permalink)
Buzz_4_20 Apex Elite Tech	for the messenger service popups... run msconfig go to startup (i think) and uncheck messenger... problem kinda solved. those bastards are still using up precious bandwidth.....

10-July-03, 06:43 PM		#3 (permalink)
me_john85 Camp Pen-Hoe-tan's Hoe	would it be called CMESYS?

10-July-03, 06:57 PM		#4 (permalink)
Buzz_4_20 Apex Elite Tech	now you have lost me.......

10-July-03, 08:02 PM		#5 (permalink)
me_john85 Camp Pen-Hoe-tan's Hoe	theres a program running in msconfig called "CMESYS" just wondering if that would be the messenger or not

10-July-03, 08:06 PM		#6 (permalink)
Buzz_4_20 Apex Elite Tech	oh, not sure what it is off the top of my head but.... messenger is what messenger is called.... it's in the last tab...

10-July-03, 08:31 PM		#7 (permalink)
Rafiki Apex Tech Maniac	heres a site for all youre xp tweaking needs... TWEAK XP ok as for the bubbles... Click Start, right-click at the top of the Start menu where your name is displayed, and then click Properties. In the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, on the Start Menu tab, click Customize. Click the Advanced tab, and then clear the Highlight newly installed programs check box. Click OK, and then click OK again. as for messenger..... get rid of popups in messenger have fun

11-July-03, 02:09 AM		#8 (permalink)
me_john85 Camp Pen-Hoe-tan's Hoe	ahh ok thanks guys

11-July-03, 02:47 AM		#9 (permalink)
jinxÂ© Still Duck's Hoe Though	This site will run you thru the list of services that are reasonably safe to turn off. Stops some headaches and frees up alot of resources http://www.blkviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

11-July-03, 02:53 AM		#10 (permalink)
TekXoID Banned	The "Bubbles" John is speaking of are called tooltips, not the "highlight new programs" feature of WinXP, Rafiki. To disable ToolTips in Windows XP: 1) Open the Registry Editor 2) Navigate to HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop. 3) Double-click UserPreferencemask and change its value to 3E 00 00 00. 4) Close the Registry Editor and restart Windows.

11-July-03, 02:58 AM		#11 (permalink)
jinxÂ© Still Duck's Hoe Though	I think the TweakXP program has an option to turn off tool tips as well if I remember right.

11-July-03, 03:15 AM		#12 (permalink)
G Money Fuel Hoe-lio	Sell your PC, and buy an Apple. Okay, just kidding. I started getting those pop-up ads even when I had no browsers running. It all started after installing Morpheus. Anytime my internet connection was active, a pop-up would come up even with no programs running telling me that "people could be hacking my computer", etc. TweakXP is a good program to have, you can also load windows into memory with that...but you'll need 1GB of memory (recommended) to do that.

11-July-03, 08:43 AM		#14 (permalink)
bushh Apex Tech Fanatic	Um. and why would you want to load XP into your memory? then that cuts down on the mem for everything else

11-July-03, 10:00 AM		#16 (permalink)
BZA Semin-Hoe-Le Supp-Hoe-Ter	the messenger popups is a service. go to start>run and type services.msc then scroll through the list until you see a service called "Messenger" right click it, go to properties, hit "stop" and then where it says "automatic" change that to "disable". viola! No more windows pop-ups.

11-July-03, 12:57 PM		#17 (permalink)
G Money Fuel Hoe-lio	Well, for loading Windows XP into memory, it will run much faster if you have mucho RAM installed on your computer. With RAM prices so cheap nowadays, people are doing it simply because they can. I know guys use to load Quake or whatever online game they were playing using a virtual RAM drive...but that was back in the days so I'm not sure what they are doing now. It was kind of a pain, because you had to drag folders back and forth.

11-July-03, 01:29 PM		#18 (permalink)
bushh Apex Tech Fanatic	well i have 2 gb of ram, so i could load CS into ram if i wanted to, how? that would be lightning fast!

11-July-03, 02:50 PM		#19 (permalink)
TekXoID Banned	You want windows to load into your memory if you have 1GB+ ram. I have page file disabled and registry hacked to disable windows from recreating the pagefile, instead loading all of windows into the memory. At startup, 370MB in use with just trillian and firewall running.

11-July-03, 05:42 PM		#20 (permalink)
hawklen PCApex's Mouthy Stepchild	hrm tekx.. my page is set to 384, 1gb ram here too..sometimes when Im using photoshop with alot open, damn windows something about virtual memory low..bah..