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Offline joudi

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Easily Disable Messenger
« on: October 14, 2004, 00:04 »
Go into: C:/Program Files/Messenger. Rename the Messenger folder to  "MessengerOFF".

This does not slow down Outlook Express or hinder system performance.


I haven't tried it yet guys. Not sure if it works. If someone is interested in it, he/she can try it personally.
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Re:Easily Disable Messenger
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2004, 04:02 »
i tryed it and it seemed to have worked. Its a good little tip ;) thanks

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Re:Easily Disable Messenger
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2004, 10:19 »
http://www.grc.com/freepopular.htm

Worth a look "Shoot The Messenger" and "UnPlug n' Pray" are two little utilities that I have downloaded. They allow you to quickly and easily Enable /Disable MS Messenger and Plug and Play.
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Re:Easily Disable Messenger
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2004, 11:25 »
Far easier to dump it and use Yahoo Messenger instead.  It's much much better and behaves itself!

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Re:Easily Disable Messenger
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2004, 13:04 »
far more convenient to use trillian or gaim instead of yahoo alone ;)

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Re:Easily Disable Messenger
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2004, 16:49 »
Better still not to have a messenger program on your PC, that way it saves you having to waste time on ideal gossip.  ;D
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Re:Easily Disable Messenger
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2004, 17:17 »

Far easier to dump it and use Yahoo Messenger instead.  It's much much better and behaves itself!


I would, Clive, but everybody seems to be on MSN.   :(


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