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Messenger Service
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Posted by: ntfan02
I have Windows 2000 which is connected to the internet through a 56K dial-up, i keep getting these pop-up that are the microsoft Messenger Service windows but they are advertisements ( i hope you all know what i'm talking about) It says that its because there is an open IP port in my computer, is there a way to close that or some way to stop them comming?
Posted by: Shalome
How to Disable Messenger Service
Hope this helps. 
Posted by: ntfan02
thanks, I'll try it.
Posted by: fluxer
I'm sure the method described in that article works, however, I was able to disable Messenger a much simpler way. In fact, I wonder if my way is better since I don't think I disabled any ports/connections.
To get rid of annoying messages/adds and stop Messenger from starting in the task bar, all I did was exit Messenger from the task bar and then go to C:\Program Files\Messenger and rename "msmsgs.exe" to "msmsgs1.exe". This has worked on four computers and I have not come across any problems or ads.
Posted by: Shalome
The only possible issue with simply renaming the file is this:
It's a system service. Unless you disable it, the operating system thinks the service is running. When something happens that makes the operating system try to call on the file msmsges.exe -- which it thinks is still there since the service is enabled -- you could get a system crash or error.
Posted by: Kdr Kane
Besides, renaming the file will case a lot of event log errors which look ugly.
It's always better to turn things off properly than to "hack" your way through it.
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