Topic: anoying pop up occuring

[white fly]

i keep getting this annoying grey box poping up eg. Hi i'm Iris , and i'm a student from london , click ok to visit my web page and have a chat , do you have a web cam ?

it is really starting to bug me now , im getting sick of it , is there any way of me being able to stop it , and have any of you had it before ?

[Simon]

Sounds like Messenger Spam.  Have you got it running?  I think you can block all users not on your list in the Options.

[white fly]

ok , thanks simon , i'll give it a shot  

[TR]

 Hi i'm Iris , and i'm a student from london , click ok to visit my web page and have a chat , do you have a web cam ?

Sounds like somebody I know WF  

[princeofdarkness]

ok whitefly in control panel go to administrive tools and go on messenger and disable it... it shud stop  


PoD

[white fly]

was that a hint of sarcasem there hook  

[white fly]

thanks PoD  

[white fly]

PoD , are you going to the computer fair tonight at the mansfield civic center , were goin just for a look round  

[TR]

was that a hint of sarcasem there hook  

For anybody that knows me WF..would never enter my mind that is Sacarsm I mean  

[white fly]

ok , thanks all , i think i've disabled it now  

[Dack]

The other one to check is the messenger service under XP.

Start->run
SERVICES.MSC
Find, stop and then disable the messenger service

[white fly]

thanks

[princeofdarkness]

dint go to computer fair WF i in ireland at my dads    


PoD

[white fly]

ok whitefly in control panel go to administrive tools and go on messenger and disable it... it shud stop  


PoD

ok , gang i havent sorted it and when i did what jonah told me to do above i couldn't find messanger in administrive tools  ??
What should i do ?


 matt

[Simon]

1. Click Start, Control Panel, and open the "Administrative Tools".

2. Within the Administrative Tools window open "Services".

3. Locate "Messenger" and double click the icon to open "Messenger Properties"

4. Within the "Messenger Properties" set the "Startup Type" to disabled and click the "Stop" button.

5. Click the "Apply" button and close out of all windows.

Hope that sorts it for you.