Do IT Yourself

One of the minor but still pesky things about Windows XP is the default Windows Messenger that automatically starts when you boot up your computer. With all the new messaging software available such as Skype, Yahoo Messenger and Meebo, you really don’t need Windows Messenger sitting useless on your taskbar eating up precious resources.

Here’s how to give it the boot.

On your Windows XP machine, click on Start > Run

On the text box paste the line below:

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

So that it looks like this:

Then click OK.

You will see a quick window near the top left of your screen which signify the files involving Windows Messenger going into cyberspace heaven, where all good deleted files go. After this, no more useless Windows Messenger in your PC or on your task bar.

*thanks to an old post by one of my favorite tipsters, LiewCF.com