I'm not actually talking about MSN messenger
- I mean the pop-up alert-style windows that come up with the OK button on the bottom.
(brazzin, Thu 2 Sep 2004, 12:29, archived)

yes, they
result from windows messenger, MSN messenger is slightly different renaming the folder will stop the pop-ups (100% guarantee)
( asparagus time Is in Brazil., Thu 2 Sep 2004, 12:31, archived)

no they're not,
you have to go to the services thing somewhere and disable Messenger
( sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Thu 2 Sep 2004, 12:49, archived)

nope
renaming works, well at least it worked for me because it stops the service starting when the computer boots.
( asparagus time Is in Brazil., Thu 2 Sep 2004, 12:53, archived)

but they are completely different things
it doesn't have a folder
( sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Thu 2 Sep 2004, 12:56, archived)

hmm,
1 First, right click the Messenger icon in the system tray and click Exit.
2 Right click the Start button and click the Explore command to open the Windows Explorer.
3 In the Windows Explorer, expand the Program Files folder on the partition where your operating system is installed (the partition that holds the WINDOWS directory) and right click the Messenger folder and select Rename.
4 Rename the folder to MessengerDISABLED and press ENTER to commit the name change.
5 Restart the Computer. No more WINDOWS MESSENGER! Cool.

^^^^explanation from some how-to-do-stuff-with-XP-for-dumbasses, hence the really over-detailed wording^^^^
( asparagus time Is in Brazil., Thu 2 Sep 2004, 13:06, archived)

he's talkign about the messenger service
which people are using for ads - a little dialog box with an ok button comes up
( sprinkles ITS AN ISLAND, morron, Thu 2 Sep 2004, 13:10, archived)

i fucking know that
and renaming the folder stops the fucking pop-ups!

look i dont give a shit anymore, i know it works, i know im right, and i really couldnt give a flying fuck if you dont understand why it works or whatever your problem with it is, i'm sick of this conversation and im going to go and have lunch.

/breath and relax
( asparagus time Is in Brazil., Thu 2 Sep 2004, 13:12, archived)

Hahahahahaha
:D

Calm down gents :P
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 2 Sep 2004, 13:16, archived)

Xp Anti-Spy
Is very useful - you can turn off/uninstall a lot of the crap that you get with XP, I think you can get it here: www.xp-antispy.org
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 2 Sep 2004, 12:33, archived)

ooh yes
now I see where you're coming from. Good program that.
(brazzin, Thu 2 Sep 2004, 12:43, archived)