Windows Messenger be gone - please?

DucksNuts · 10-27-2006, 06:29 PM

OK - I need some help please.

I just set up my new system and Windows Live wont work (wont sign in) and a friend said she had the same problem and was advised to get rid of Windows Messenger.

Problem is, I cant find it in add/remove programs thingie to get rid of it??

Usually, I'm not thick, but I am today obviously.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-27-2006, 09:12 PM

If you have XP;
XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can make it show everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be the software and you can now uninstall it.

DucksNuts · 10-27-2006, 10:54 PM

Thanks Bruce!!

I did that, and then had to do regedit and get the little bugger out from under the Current User info.

All fixed

BobT · 10-31-2006, 04:21 PM

i am currently using windows messenger and or msn messenger for the people in my office to message each other. i have about 15 employees. i find that messenger is most unreliable, in that it keeps freezing up, and is VERY slow to "pop-up" or respond to commands. i know almost nothing about computers, i am a mortgage broker. ask me about loans and i know what i'm talking about. does anyone have any suggestions as to a good messaging software that will allow me to communicate with my employees while they are both in the office, and at home?

DucksNuts · 10-31-2006, 06:40 PM

MSN is the more reliable out of MSN and yahoo IMO, I dont like AIM or the others

mbpark · 10-31-2006, 07:03 PM

BobT,

One of my customers, who is also a large mortgage broker (PM me and I can tell you more) set up Trillian on several of their PCs to communicate. They can use Trillian to talk with MSN, AOL IM, Yahoo! Messenger, and ICQ contacts.

They have a lot more than 15 contacts, I can assure you, spread across multiple networks.

Thanks,

mitch

Ibby · 10-31-2006, 07:23 PM

AIM's the best if you ask me, but if youre going for a multi-messenger like mbpark suggested, I suggest Meebo, which is free and completely online, no download needed.

morethanpretty · 11-01-2006, 01:15 AM

Trillian is pretty awesome. And automatically records all convos so you can go back and look up things you might've forgotten. But you do have to download it yourself, but you can communicate w/ AIM, MSN and other IM users.

BobT · 11-01-2006, 09:56 AM

thanks folks...i have downloaded trillian, and i'm going to play with it for a while to see how it feels. i will let you know how it is going.

thanks again

xoxoxoBruce · 11-06-2006, 06:54 PM

There is always paper airplanes......cheap, fast and work during power outages......just sayin'.

dar512 · 11-06-2006, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

There is always paper airplanes......cheap, fast and work during power outages......just sayin'.

I can never get my paper airplanes to make it all the way to Woking (UK).

10-27-2006, 06:29 PM	#1
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Windows Messenger be gone - please? OK - I need some help please. I just set up my new system and Windows Live wont work (wont sign in) and a friend said she had the same problem and was advised to get rid of Windows Messenger. Problem is, I cant find it in add/remove programs thingie to get rid of it?? Usually, I'm not thick, but I am today obviously.

10-27-2006, 09:12 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If you have XP; XP hides some system software you might want to remove, such as Windows Messenger, but you can make it show everything. Using Notepad or Edit, edit the text file /windows/inf/sysoc.inf, search for the word 'hide' and remove it. You can then go to the Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, select Add/Remove Windows Components and there will be the software and you can now uninstall it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-31-2006, 07:03 PM	#6
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	IM instead of MSN BobT, One of my customers, who is also a large mortgage broker (PM me and I can tell you more) set up Trillian on several of their PCs to communicate. They can use Trillian to talk with MSN, AOL IM, Yahoo! Messenger, and ICQ contacts. They have a lot more than 15 contacts, I can assure you, spread across multiple networks. Thanks, mitch

10-31-2006, 07:23 PM	#7
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	AIM's the best if you ask me, but if youre going for a multi-messenger like mbpark suggested, I suggest Meebo, which is free and completely online, no download needed. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

11-01-2006, 01:15 AM	#8
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Trillian is pretty awesome. And automatically records all convos so you can go back and look up things you might've forgotten. But you do have to download it yourself, but you can communicate w/ AIM, MSN and other IM users. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

10-27-2006, 10:54 PM	#3
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Thanks Bruce!! I did that, and then had to do regedit and get the little bugger out from under the Current User info. All fixed

10-31-2006, 04:21 PM	#4
BobT we are fuel Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: cape coral, florida Posts: 71	i am currently using windows messenger and or msn messenger for the people in my office to message each other. i have about 15 employees. i find that messenger is most unreliable, in that it keeps freezing up, and is VERY slow to "pop-up" or respond to commands. i know almost nothing about computers, i am a mortgage broker. ask me about loans and i know what i'm talking about. does anyone have any suggestions as to a good messaging software that will allow me to communicate with my employees while they are both in the office, and at home?

10-31-2006, 06:40 PM	#5
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	MSN is the more reliable out of MSN and yahoo IMO, I dont like AIM or the others

11-01-2006, 09:56 AM	#9
BobT we are fuel Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: cape coral, florida Posts: 71	thanks folks...i have downloaded trillian, and i'm going to play with it for a while to see how it feels. i will let you know how it is going. thanks again

11-06-2006, 06:54 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There is always paper airplanes......cheap, fast and work during power outages......just sayin'. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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