Why this link ? We're talking about Msn Messenger because some of us like it, so why do you suggest an alternative ?j79zlr said:
Kr0m said:MsgPlus! is a neat addon for MSN Messenger but I'm debating if it's worth the 5MB of resources it takes up. I only use it to block those ads and the manual renaming of contacts.
Graebob said:well, I could tell you how to block those ads 😉
Start -> Run -> services.msc
Find "messenger", double click, set its startup type to "disabled", hit ok, then right click and hit "stop". Problem solved.
The "messenger" service has nothing to do with msn/windows messenger 🙂
I agree with you Kr0m, I think he totally misunderstood what this thread is all about...Kr0m said:I'm not sure if your post is total scarcasm or you seriously mistaken this thread to be about the Messenger Service in Windows. Each post states pretty clearly that we're talking about the Instant Messaging program made by MS.
The alerts are affiliated with the messenger service, a network communication protocol that is completely unrelated to either windows messenger or msn messenger. i.e. if i completely uninstall msn messenger I would still get those alerts.Graebob said:Maybe, I tend to do things like that, chip in my .02 where its not needed, but oh well 🙄
My comment was in reference to Kr0ms comment of "those ads". I assumed by "those ads" he meant the popup Alert style ads that were rife under MSN/Windows messenger, in which case the tweak I provided is in fact perfectly valid.
However, it's NOT valid if I was mistaken and "those ads" refers to any other ad (such as the one at the bottom of the main client window for example).
Sorry for any mixup, I certainly wasn't being sarcastic, just perhaps a little over-zealous 🙂
You told again what I already said, different way, different words, but the very same thing 😉leedogg said:The alerts are affiliated with the messenger service, a network communication protocol that is completely unrelated to either windows messenger or msn messenger. i.e. if i completely uninstall msn messenger I would still get those alerts.