Four coups that prohibit MSN from running automatically

  
In Windows XP, Windows Messenger automatically launches whenever a user launches Windows or Outlook Explorer. But in general, we will not use Windows Messenger as soon as we start the system, so that its operation will take up memory space and consume system resources. If you don't want Windows Messenger to start with the system or OE boot, you can disable it in the following way.

System Configuration Utility method


click on "start", "Run" dialog box type run "msconfig" (FIG. 1), carriage and opened " System Configuration Utility dialog. Then click the "Startup" tab, in the "Start project" list box, remove the checkmark from the check box in front of the "msmsgs" option (Figure 2), click the "OK" button, and restart the computer.


Group Policy setting method


Click "Start", "Run" in the Run dialog box, type "gpedit.msc" (Figure 3), open Group Policy Editor. Expand "Local Computer" Policy "Computer Configuration" "Administrative Templates" "Windows Components" "Windows Messenger" option (Figure 4), then double-click "Do not allow Windows Messenger to run" in the right window, the properties that appear Select "Enabled" in the window (Figure 5), click "OK".






registry setting method


Click "Start", "Run" in the Run dialog box Type "Regedit" (Figure 6) and press Enter to open the Registry Editor. Expand the following branch in order: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run (Figure 7), and delete the "MSMSGS" key in the right pane.


Uninstall Windows Messenger method


If you are sure that Windows Messenger is no longer needed, you can uninstall it to prevent it from running automatically. Part of the disk space.

Open the resource manager, navigate to the "C:\\WINDOWS\\inf" directory (where C is the partition letter of the system, please modify it yourself) to find the "sysoc.inf" file (note that the file is Hide the attribute), open it with Notepad, find the "msmsgs=msgrocm.dll, OcEntry, msmsgs.inf, hide, 7" line in the "Components" section (Figure 8), delete the word "hide" and save it. drop out. Next, open the "Control Panel", click "Add or Remove Programs", click "Add /Remove Windows Components" in the window that appears, remove the check mark before the "Windows Messenger" option (Figure 9), click "Next " button, so you can delete Windows Messenger.



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