changed the title of this thread - it wasn't suitable
Uninstall MS Messenger
Click Start \ Run Then type the following:
RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove
• Press ENTER
• Reboot
Keep Messenger from loading with Outlook & Hotmail
There are 2 known issues when you remove Windows Messenger. The first is when you load Outlook Express and use the Contacts pane. This causes OE to try to load Messenger, it can't and this causes a long delay. The Registry entry that corrects this is:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Outlook Express\Hide Messenger
A DWord value of 2 prevents OE from trying to load it.
The second is that Hotmail's web site will load extremely slowly if Messenger is removed. It’s the same type of hang that OE experiences.
The fix is to rename (leave the field blank)
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Messenger.MsgrObject
To
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Messenger.MsgrObjectOld
This removes the reference to the object that Hotmail tries to load, it fails, but it doesn't hang.