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[directhex]

You have messenger running on startup? Have you tried disabling it..............messenger, in services, in control panel is disabled on mine...........but I'm working in win2000 atm not in winxp so can't compare exactly.

don't confuse windows messenger (msn messenger 4.0) with messenger (service to handle NET SEND popups)

[excalibur2]

don't confuse windows messenger (msn messenger 4.0) with messenger (service to handle NET SEND popups)

Well I knew there were two confusing similar names, but MSN in startup and messenger in services from control panel are both disabled on my winxp...........I'm not sure what I'm missing as my computer does anything I want.

[silver99]

i dont really see how messenger at start up can cause any problems. well.. other than takin long to load

[directhex]

i dont really see how messenger at start up can cause any problems. well.. other than takin long to load

which messenger?

[silver99]

the Windows Live Messenger, i dont think XP Sp2 has the crappy old messenger or the messenger service running

[excalibur2]

the Windows Live Messenger, i dont think XP Sp2 has the crappy old messenger or the messenger service running

Well side tracking......In Vista, msnmsgr is in startup and I have just unticked it...erm lets see what happens.

Well after unticking msnmsgr in startup, it hasn't affected the way I use my computer (so far) and MS didn't complain when I've just downloaded an upgrade.