MSN Messenger - probably the mallestware you'll ev

[Smigit]

What a retarded article, I agree. Obviously his PC isnt set up for a multi user environment otherwise his daughters MSN wouldnt log her in. If he knew what he was doing he could keep them seperate. Heh, by "own lil area" he must mean a folder on the desktop or something. Add to that he could very easy disable the auto start if he does insist on using a single XP account. What a n00b, perhaps the lamest article I've read yet.

MSN may not be malware but that article sure spreads some major FOD.

[Colin-uk Veteran]

Man that guy really doesnt know anything about computers, what load of Biased BS :/

and wtf @ "the vole", that sounds like something a teen would say because its "cool to hate MS". Stupid, stupid man.

[HoochieMamma]

Inquier, the Fox News of the internet :)

Haha, thats a good one (Y)

[James B]

Someone used to use Windows Messenger at work once the management had gone home. It was logged on the same user all the time - and on rebooting during the day the MD got half a dozen 'toast' Messenger popups saying "Hiya, you not at college?" and "OMG did you hear wot adam did!!!".

I kept setting it not to come on when rebooted and stopped it from logging in on its own, but it kept coming up. Can't remember how, but it was a PITA to stop.

The article isn't very good - but it's quite common. There was something in a tabloid here about cookies, and when working on someones PC last week they said their friends daughter down the road was going to delete all the cookies on her PC. Next week all of her 'remember me' options have gone - like keeping logged in on sites, and she wants them back. Uhh...

Reading these things in the papers or that come with them there's so much useless information. Like an introduction to podcasting - "you must own an iPod to be able to download them". Or listening to national BBC stations, where they tell the listeners "In a few years time we'll have to have digital, and you have to buy a new TV to get it".

[Smigit]

heh cookies, reminds me of my friend who deletes them EVERY session because he hates them with a passion. I really cant understand his reasoning since 99% of them are pretty darn useful

edit: I forgot to add...this included my own forum I ran and he used to ask me how he could auto login every session and kill the cookies.

[futb0l]

All he had to do:

- Ctrl+Alt+Del

- Task Manager

- Find msmsgs.exe or whatever the WM process is called

- End Task

And the problem will be gone. It's still annoying though how WM signs in automatically at the start and there's no system tray icon to exit or anything...

[viciv]

100% n00b...

[baller]

Hehehe, don't you think you guys are being a little too rough ;), i think the right thing to do is tell him how to use the program properly or atleast give some constructive criticism....

[Hawkeye]

If I had to choose our "no news" problems or their "crappy news" problems, I'd stick with nothing. The author comes across as an arrogant moron. BTW, is it still cool to call Microsoft "the Vole"?

I think I know what it is. In any article that includes the word Microsoft, it's replaced by "the Vole". They likely type it up in Word, and have an AutoCorrect entry that automatically changes "Microsoft" to "the Vole". Then, of course, it's a requirement to avoid spell-checking and grammar-checking the article, as they definitely don't want to come off as even remotely intelligent.

[lardiop Veteran]

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Paste that into Start > Run and hit ok. Windows Messenger is banished forever.

[Milan -]

1. get a tweakxp programme or ccleaner andgo to startup options get rid of msmsgs from it, or if you're 1337 enough find it in the registry

2. go to addremove programmes, then add/remove windows components uncheck windows messenger

3. don't ever use windows messenger again

4. get msn messenger (not windows messenger)

5. and make sure you go to the msn options and get rid of, load on startup

6. it doesn't hurt to type you're password each time if its annoying for it to sign in each time

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove

Paste that into Start > Run and hit ok. Windows Messenger is banished forever.

All that does is stop it from loading, and hide the main exe file, OE still loads it i think (been a while since i last used OE)

Same as when you do that for IE, hides the shortcuts and hides the main .exe file

[*RedBull*]

What a noob. Learn to use before you criticise.

my thoughts almost exactly..... :wacko:

[CheeseFart]

What a retarded article, I agree. Obviously his PC isnt set up for a multi user environment otherwise his daughters MSN wouldnt log her in. If he knew what he was doing he could keep them seperate. Heh, by "own lil area" he must mean a folder on the desktop or something. Add to that he could very easy disable the auto start if he does insist on using a single XP account. What a n00b, perhaps the lamest article I've read yet.

MSN may not be malware but that article sure spreads some major FOD.

unless the daugther loged on as her father and signed into msn messegner there, then by doing that she would have set up her dads user to sign in as her

[Dom]

" I'm bombarded with little messages from Dahlia's little schoolfriends. Bear in mind here that Dahlia herself hasn?t logged on and the main Messenger screen is still asking for her password."

That never happen:s:s Surely. The only way this is possible is if MSN messenger _and_ Windows Messenger were trying to launch on boot.

Yes it happen:p:p