Is there any way to stop MSN messenger from loading at startup?

[Pathos]

I don't want trillian to keep keeping it off, I just want to use trillian all the time.

[Technoed]

Yeah, you can stop MSN Messenger from loading at startup.

Just click Start, Run..., then enter 'msconfig' into the box. Then, once the System Configuration Utility pops up, click the Startup tab and uncheck 'msmsgs'. Click apply and that's it! Reboot your system.

[Pathos]

Very helpful, and it worked! Thanks a ton friend

[Technoed]

No problem.

[thronka]

Is there a way to UNINSTALL it permenatly?

[Technoed]

Yeah, if you've got Windows XP, go to the Control Panel, next go to 'Add or remove programs', then click the 'Add/remove Windows components' and Windows/MSN Messenger should be found in the list that's displayed.

[thronka]

No that only deletes the ICON. I want to remove it permantly without screwing up the system

[Technoed]

I just did a search on Google which coughed up a few useful results.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourc...dows+Messenger

[golfcart]

You can paste the following code in notepad and save it as 'xp_messsenger_remove.vbs'. After doing that just double click on it

'xp_messsenger_remove.vbs - Removes Windows Messenger from Windows XP
'© Doug Knox - 3/30/02
'This code may be freely distributed/modified
'Downloaded from www.dougknox.com

Option Explicit
On Error Resume Next

'Dimension variables
Dim WSHShell, MyBox, p1, q1, rcmd
Dim jobfunc

'Set the Windows Script Host Shell and assign values to variables
Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
p1 = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Hide Messenger"
q1 = 2
rcmd = "RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\inf\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove"

'Create or change the Hide Messenger value
WSHShell.RegWrite p1, q1

'Run the uninstall command
WshShell.Run(rcmd)

Courtesy of Doug Knox