There is an options or preferences section in the MSN messenger applet that lets you turn off the option for it to start with windows boot up and stay resident in the background. I haven’t has adproblem with it tagging along with Outlook so there may be a different switch for this.
Open Windows Messenger, go to Tools|Options|Preferences and uncheck Run this program when Windows starts. Then open Outlook Express, go to Tools|Options and uncheck Automatically log on to Windows Messenger.
These are only options for preventing Messenger from running at startup. If you want to completely uninstall the beast from your computer, copy and paste the following into your Run command box then hit OK:
Thanx, hodge. I posted at another forum, got an answer and got rid of it, once and for all.
All the options above wont get rid of it. The stupid icon still pops up in the system tray with a message “There is a new version…”
I generally don’t have a prblem with MS products, but when they try to shove something down my throat, I budge. Had it come with the option “Do you want to use MSN messenger? Yes or No?” I’d be fine. I just rubs me the wrong way, I guess.