ZA & msmsgs.exe, deiving me nutz!!!!!!

[Gait_Keeper]

Every 30seconds I get the popup from ZA that msmsgs.exe wants to access the internet, what can i do?

punching monitor did not work................but did hurt

[osprey4]

Originally posted by Gait_Keeper
punching monitor did not work................but did hurt

msmsgs - msmsgs.exe - Process Information
Process File: msmsgs or msmsgs.exe
Process Name: MSN Messenger Traybar Process
Description: Tray bar icon for MSN Messenger that is an online chat and instant messaging client.
Company: Microsoft Corp.
System Process: No
Security Risk ( Virus/Trojan/Worm/Adware/Spyware ): No
Common Errors: N/A

Do you use MSN Messenger? If not, uninstall it.

[stroyal]

press yes or no and check the box for remember.
If it is just notifing you, you can set it to not tell you when you when it is blocking.
Remove messenger like I did.

[Gait_Keeper]

No i don't use it

uninstall it from contrl panel?

I tried turning it off and got a scary popup, saying it was nneded for IE and outlook

I'll try to uninstall it, be back..............

[stroyal]

there was a post the other day on how to remove. If I find I'll post it.

[Gait_Keeper]

ok I've got to ask ( only had Xp for 2 1/2 weeks) how do i uninstall it?

tired of clicking no on the ZA popup, oh man, didn't start happening so frquently until I turn off, or set to manual some services, just someone please send me the link to uninstall

[stroyal]

Found it.
http://www.ircspy.com/guides.asp?mode=display&id=335

[I2n0ld]

control panel, add remove programs, add remove windows components, uncheck windows messenger.

also go run type msconfig, services then uncheck messenger.

on the zone alarm did u check remember. or not go to za control panel, then program control then programs mark "x" on the program u dont want to connect in the access on internet column.

well that was what i did.

hope that helps

[Beemer]

Use a text editor to open C:\WINDOWS\inf\sysoc.inf, and change
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7 to
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7

That's it. Messenger will now appear in the add/remove application under Windows Components where you can uninstall it.

Cheers!

[Beemer]

And if you get the delayed start up of Outlook Express after you uninstall it, you need to stop it from looking for Windows Messenger on startup. If you don't stop Outlook Express from looking for Windows Messenger on startup, you will get a lengthy delay before Outlook Express opens.

To remove Windows Messenger from Outlook Express and prevent the delay you need to edit the Registry in the following manner:

Open the Registry (Click Start - Run and type "regedit")

Registry Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Outlook Express.
Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value Name: Hide Messenger
Value Data: (2 = remove messenger).

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called 'Hide Messenger' and set the value to 2.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

Cheers!