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Getting Rid Of Those Annoying Pop-up's
in Word, Excel and other Microsoft Programs |
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By Laura Dawn Lewis About three weeks ago while working
in FrontPage the first of these annoying pop-up ads
showed up. An advertisement for a company
selling me its software to get rid of these pesky
ads. A tactic I consider close to blackmail, so
I ignored it.
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Are pop-ups
popping up in your regular office programs even when
you're not online?
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Then they got worse.
Viagra (like
as a female in my '30's I'm the right target market!)
Porn, Dating Services and more software companies trying to
sell me cures. Talk about irony!
My next tactic included downloading
Spybot, cleaning
and immunizing my
entire system of spyware. At first it looked like this
worked...two days later the porn ad popped up on my desktop.
Now I'm irritated! How do I get rid of these things?
Next stop,
SpywareNuke. This killed the regular pop-ups from
websites, but failed to get rid of the ones popping up in
Word, Excel and all my other Microsoft Programs when I wasn't
on the Internet.
Finally I figured out that it is Windows
Messenger, which allows these little parasites to invade my
work, even though I don't use Instant Messenger and I do not
have an account with them. Talk about sneaky!
Actually, messenger is not part of Instant Messenger so
disabling it does not appear to affect that program.
Panicware has a free program to disable this or you can
just follow the instructions below to end the problem and
close the gateway for good: |
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Disabling
the Messenger Service
To remove the ability for anyone in the world to pop up
messages on your computer, you can disable the Messenger
service. Its easy to reverse at a later time if you wish
to do so.
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Windows XP Home
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Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel
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Click Performance and Maintenance
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Click Administrative Tools
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Double click Services Scroll
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down and highlight "Messenger"
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Right-click the highlighted line and choose
Properties.
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Click the STOP button.
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Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type
scroll bar
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Click OK
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Windows XP
Professional
- Click
Start->Settings ->Control Panel
- Click
Administrative Tools
- Click
Services
- Double click
Services Scroll
- down and
highlight "Messenger"
- Right-click
the highlighted line and choose Properties.
- Click the
STOP button.
- Select
Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
- Click OK
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Windows 2000
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Click Start->
Settings->
Control Panel->
Administrative Tools->Services
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Scroll down and highlight "Messenger"
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Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
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Click the STOP button.
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Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
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Click OK
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Windows NT
- Click
Start ->Control Panel
- Double
Click Administrative Tools
- Select
Services-> Double-click on Messenger
- In the
Messenger Properties window, select Stop,
- Then
choose Disable as the Startup Type
- Click
OK
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Windows 98 & ME Windows
Messenger Service cannot be disabled
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Faculty and
staff are advised to check with their computer support staff
before disabling any service so that you do not inadvertently
disable a service that your department uses.
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