How do I prevent msmsg.exe from running?

Brutalboy99Brutalboy99 Elmwood Park, New Jersey, USA
edited November 2006 in Science & Tech
How do I keep msmsg.exe from running. I run Winows XP and when I cancel it or disable it using program like WinPatrol it still runs? Thanks.

Brutaboy a.k.a. Johh

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2005
    Hit start -> Run.
    Type MSconfig
    Hit the startup tab.
    Uncheck "msmsgs"
    Hit okay, and reboot.

    Done.
  • Brutalboy99Brutalboy99 Elmwood Park, New Jersey, USA
    edited July 2005
    Thrax:
    I 've done that before and it stills runs! Any other ideas?

    BB
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited July 2005
    Run Windows Messenger, go to Tools -> Options -> Preferences. Uncheck "Run this program when Windows Starts".

    If it still comes back after that, go to the SVT Forum and post a HijackThis log. There are viruses which masquerade as msmsg.exe. :cool:
  • rykoryko new york
    edited July 2005
    you can also find msmsg.exe in your program files/messenger dir, and rename it to something else so that it can't be called upon startup.

    i called mine msmsgssucks.exe... :thumbsup:
  • Dem768Dem768
    edited July 2005
    You could simply un install it, go to ad remove programs and click the "Add Remove Windows Components" icon and uncheck the Windows Messenger then click next.
  • theseustheseus
    edited August 2005
    These instructions may be found at:

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q302089

    To turn on the Do not allow Windows Messenger to be run option, follow these steps:
    1. Click Start, click Run, type gpedit.msc, and then click OK.
    2. In Group Policy, expand Local Computer Policy, expand Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, and then expand Windows Messenger.
    3. Double-click Do not allow Windows Messenger to be run, and then click Enabled.
    4. Click OK.
    5. On the File menu, click Exit to quit the Group Policy snap-in.
  • grindygrindy
    edited November 2006
    theseus wrote:
    These instructions may be found at:

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q302089

    To turn on the Do not allow Windows Messenger to be run option, follow these steps:
    1. Click Start, click Run, type gpedit.msc, and then click OK.
    2. In Group Policy, expand Local Computer Policy, expand Computer Configuration, expand Administrative Templates, expand Windows Components, and then expand Windows Messenger.
    3. Double-click Do not allow Windows Messenger to be run, and then click Enabled.
    4. Click OK.
    5. On the File menu, click Exit to quit the Group Policy snap-in.
    Thx very much theseus... My issue was that I actually WANTED Windows Messenger to run (as a way to get around firewall issues in Remote Assistance), and I found that somewhere along the line I had enabled this option ( since I don't want it to run all the time ). Anyway, you saved me a lot of time posting... :)
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