Posted by Joe Colagreco
Q. MSN Messenger Service starts each time I log on, but it isn't in a Startup group. How do I stop it?
A. The MSN Messenger Service places itself in the run portion of the registry as %systemdrive%:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe /background. If you want to remove MSN Messenger Service entirely, use the Add/Remove programs Control Panel applet. However if you simply want to stop the Messenger Service from starting, perform the following steps:

Start regedit.exe.
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run.
Right-click the MSMSGS entry, and select Delete.
Click Yes to the confirmation.

 

 

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