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Re: uninstalling Windows Messenger on XP

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edward Chase)
Mon Nov 19 15:32:00 2001

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Date:         Mon, 19 Nov 2001 15:24:44 -0500
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From: Edward Chase <echase@POSTOFFICE.PROVIDENCE.EDU>
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I did take a peek at your suggestion.

It appears that the Messenger Service is not the same as Windows Messenger.

Taken from the service description:
>Transmits net send and Alerter service messages between clients and
>servers. This service is not related to Windows Messenger. If this service
>is stopped, Alerter messages will not be transmitted. If this service is
>disabled, any services that explicitly depend on it will fail to start.




At 01:58 PM 11/19/2001 -0600, Fabio A. Seminario wrote:
>Why not just disable it in Control Panel>>Administrative Tools>>Services?
>It oughta be enough.  If not do a search in teh registry for "services" and
>delete teh appropriate one
>(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services) might be different for
>you. Jus do a search. And back up your registry before you do it.
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Edward Chase [mailto:echase@POSTOFFICE.PROVIDENCE.EDU]
> > > How do I uninstall Windows Messenger?  I can't seem to figure
> > > this one out.

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