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Do you guys ever get those stupid "Windows Messenger" pop-up ads? It's a program built into WindowsXP, and people abuse it to try to spam you.
It's really annoying, especially in ESF, where in OpenGL mode, if you alt tab, you lose sound. It makes you alt tab.
Anyway, I did some search on google, and I found out it's really easy to stop them.
If you get these, and want to stop them, just do this:
Control Panel--Administrative Tools--Services--and double click 'Messenger.' Change it from Startuptype:Automatic, to StartupType: DISABLED.
Then it won't automatically start again, AND NO MORE STUPID POP-UPS!
Rejoice! Yay!
It's really annoying, especially in ESF, where in OpenGL mode, if you alt tab, you lose sound. It makes you alt tab.
Anyway, I did some search on google, and I found out it's really easy to stop them.
If you get these, and want to stop them, just do this:
Control Panel--Administrative Tools--Services--and double click 'Messenger.' Change it from Startuptype:Automatic, to StartupType: DISABLED.
Then it won't automatically start again, AND NO MORE STUPID POP-UPS!
Rejoice! Yay!