Disabling win xp/2k "messenger service" (popups)

[jim]

Just posting this because a few people mentioned unwanted popups appearing even when not visiting web sites. I'm not sure that this is even related but it's still a good idea to follow the advice in the article.

[url=http://grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm
]GRC article[/url]

(I knew I had seen this somewhere heh)

[Terina/Sinaroc]

You know there's a way to disable it from administrative tools in the control panel. No need to download a utility.

[jim]

Ya but it was so much easier to type the link to a 22k utility than explain all that heh.

Plus there is lots of good info over at GRC.