Good response, Bob. I guess I didn't realize that there is more than one
Instant Messenger from Microsoft. I found it in "Task Manager" but not in
"Manage Add-Ons".
The program is Windows Live Messenger (msnmsgr,exe). I found a way to
delete it, which I'd just as soon not do, but no place to turn it off.
"Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message
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> "Retired" <cbeck02@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> I'm running Win7 and IE8. While on the internet, Instant Messenger keeps
>> popping up and interfering with the net operation. How can I turn the IM
>> thing off permanently? Never use it anyway.
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> It may help to be more precise about your symptoms. E.g. what exactly
> are you calling "Instant Messenger"? FYI you can use Task Manager to
> express your observation in terms of the Image name of the program running
> the window. E.g., open TM with Ctrl-Shift-Esc. Find an item in its
> Applications tab which would represent the message window you are
> complaining about. Right-click on that and choose Go To Process. Now
> post back with the program name of your "Instant Messenger". Also, since
> your OS is W7 you can get even more detail than that with either the
> Command line column or the Image Path Name column in whatever row in the
> Processes tab that you find selected by that Go To Process command.
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> FWIW in XP I had something called Windows Messenger that I always disabled
> by disabling its ActiveX extension with Manage Add-ons. Unfortunately I
> can't remember its exact name. I don't see any sign of that in W7
> though. I suppose it might be something that is now optional... doesn't
> look like it. Then the only other (MS) possibility that I am aware of is
> Windows Live Messenger which definitely is an optional install. And it
> looks as if there is another ActiveX extension associated with it, so
> probably it could be controlled in the same way that I used to control
> Windows Messenger. It's not obvious which "Windows Live" extension it
> is. I only see them differentiated when I click on the More Information
> button. So specifically, I'm referring to the one for File: msnmsgr.exe
> which happens to be first in the sort order that I am using with Manage
> Add-ons.
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> FYI
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> Robert Aldwinckle
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