Asked By
Truman
650 points
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Posted on - 06/10/2011
For last few days I am getting slow performance in my desktop and OS I have in my pc is XP. I have short knowledge about pc troubleshooting and called one of my friends for help and he is a technical person. He suggests me to stop some software loading at windows startup and uninstall the software which I am not using regularly and he also told me the total process to do it. I have done it as per my friend’s instruction. But I can see a program in the taskbar called windows messenger is still running. I can’t remove or stop it. My friend is not around currently that’s why I need your help.
Answered By
tass0731
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#112047
Can’t Stop Windows Messenger in XP
Hi Truman,
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You can view all the application running when you start your desktop by going to:
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Start > Run > type "msconfig". Then go to the Startup tab and disable all the software which you want to. Take note that you may need to reset your desktop before the changes take effect.Â
To be sure, you can also disable it by doing the following:
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Start Windows Messenger.
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Tools > Options > Preferences tab.
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Click the "Run this program when Windows start" check box and then click "Ok".
Hope this helps, tell me if those 2 ways still doesn’t work.
Can’t Stop Windows Messenger in XP
Hi,
I have read the issue that you have on the computer and slow connection could be cause by a virus infection on the computer. I will suggest you have full scan of the computer first with your virus protection and then check if  there are viruses infecting the computer. Remove the viruses if there are any. If you’re not using a virus protection and you don’t have any software to check, you can install malware bytes on the computer and use it to scan the computer.
To install it, here are some steps:
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open 'internet explorer'
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on the address bar or the http bar at the top, type: malwarebytes.org and then hit ENTER
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click on the link for downloading it and install it on the computer
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once it’s done installing, you will see an icon of it on the desktop screen, we need to open it up and look for 'full scan' and click it
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This will scan the computer for 30 minutes – 45 minutes depending on the volume of programs installed on the computer.
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Once it’s done scanning the computer, you will see a screen if there are viruses on the computer but if there are no viruses you will see a message showing that it’s complete and that there’s no viruses found.
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It will ask you to restart the computer, go ahead and restart it
If there are no viruses on the computer, try turning off the devices, the modem, router and the computer, for 30 seconds and the first device you’ll gonna turn on is the modem and then followed by the router (if you are using one) and then last is the computer. Check the speed of the connection by going to this speed test site and checking your speed.
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open 'internet explorer'
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on the address bar or the http bar at the top, type: speetest.net and then hit ENTER
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Click begin test
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The test will begin, wait for the download and the upload speed
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Check if the provisioned speed that you have with your ISP is similar to that of the one on the speed test.
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If it’s lower than the speed that you are paying with the ISP that means you need to contact them and have them check your connectivity issue
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If your speed is ok that means there might be software conflicts on the computer you may now proceed with the 3rdstep
This next step is uninstalling the software on the computer, if you don’t know the important software that the computer use, do not uninstall any software, just look for the yahoo messenger that you’re having issues with.
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click start
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click control panel and then a screen will load up
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click add/remove programs and then another screen will load up
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Look for the messengerand click uninstall
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It will uninstall the software on the computer until it’s finished. Follow the steps and then after it’s done, it will no longer pop up on the computer.
If you just want to disable the application here are the steps
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Click Start
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Click RUN
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On the run box type in: msconfig
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Hit Enter
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A screen will load up, click start up
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Look for the messenger and the other programs you uninstalled on that windows and then uncheck the boxes beside each program
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Click Apply or OK
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It will ask you to restart the computer for the changes to take effect, and then restart the computer.
Here are the steps that you need to do and hopefully I have somehow helped you with the issue.
Can’t Stop Windows Messenger in XP
If your computer suddenly became slow, try scanning your system for virus infection. When a computer or system is completely infected, the performance of the machine goes down very poorly. Booting Windows takes forever and most of the software are not working. If your antivirus is also not working, it means the infection crippled the security program.
In this case, you need a virus removal tool to remove the virus. Download Sophos Virus Removal Tool. Once installed, start Sophos then wait for the virus signature database to get updated. When updating is complete, click to start scanning your computer. Sophos scans everything on your computer including devices connected via USB port.
When a virus is found at the end of the scan, remove it then repeat the scan over and over until it no longer detects a virus. Don’t disable your antivirus when using the tool. Sophos works alongside any antivirus program you may have. Note: this is not an antivirus so don’t use it as replacement to your antivirus. It is just a tool to remove hard-to-detect viruses.
It doesn’t have real-time protection like what antivirus programs provide. This tool will automatically stop working when it reaches the end of its usability period. If you want to continue using it, you have to download the program again. If you want to stop the Windows Messenger, you can disable it with CCleaner. Download the free version of CCleaner and install.
Once installed, start CCleaner then go to “Tools” on the left pane and select “Startup” on the right. Under “Windows” tab, locate and select Windows Messenger then click “Disable”. Close CCleaner then restart the computer.
