bloody hell CC ,I tried your check on task manager-WOW,and that was just this
web-site, I hadn`t realised how much power they sap from us , the "free"
info.doesn`t come cheap then, to add an oxymoron.,


ps I pay for mine and don`t expect this to happen.

To be fair to moneyam sequestor they don't loop the adverts all day like advfn do.
They may take a chunk of processor power for a while but it is only 30 seconds or so and I think that's not unreasonable for free (except I pay of course - lol).
It's advfn that are the real offendors as they take the processing power forever until you close the internet explorer window. I can see the situation just getting worse and worse though.
I've had to pay now to not receive the advfn adverts.

Very interesting stuff, you guys.

Thankyou for enlightening us, CC

Can somebody tell me please how to get rid of Windows Messenger.

I run XP Pro and, every time that I start Outlook Express, Windows Messenger opens. I've removed it from the "Add/Remove Windows Components" and stopped it from starting using the "Tools" in Outlook Express but the blasted thing is still there.

Hilary,
If you go into Messenger tools, options, general and unckeck "Automatically run messenger" in the sign in section.

skg

Thanks skg, but I don't seem to have those options in my version (4.7).

hilary - try this

I used it successfully, along with nearly 1.5 million others, but I'm on XP Home.

In case the link doesn't work properly, it should point to:

http://grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm

If you want to remove it completely:-

Start Button - Control Panel - Add/Remove programs - Add/Remove Windows Components - uncheck Windows Messenger - click next.

Thanks Piptrader, but I didn't really want to install an additional program just to remove another program.

Optimist,

Thanks also, but I've done that as per post 3434 and it's still there. Every time that Outlook Express opens it opens Messenger too.

OK hilary, don't think that would have done the trick anyway - looks like it's for a different messenger service.

I have created a new email account. I have the username etc all done but I'm completely foxed as to how to create a format that automatically shows a coat of arms and the name and address of tbe organization the email will be from. I'm assuming it's something to do with macros but cannot find anything on how to set it up. I use Microsoft Outlook Express. Could anybody offer any guidance, please?

Priscilla, Tools/Options/Signatures tab. Not sure whether you can put an image in there, it would be via the usual &ltimg src="file:///c:/folder/file.jpg"&gt but you would have to enable HTML outgoing messages and try it.

Thanks, Kayak. I'll give it a whirl tomorrow.

I am thinking of getting a wireless connection for my pc's in the house so I can transfer files between them, one is upstairs and downstairs which one should I get?

Jason, I use a 3Com ADSL wireless 11g Firewall router modem - 3CRWE754G72-A and it works fine, obviously don't get 11b as that's slower although the most up to date have 11b and g, and I think there's a new standard just coming out which is even faster.

Seymour, thanks ;-)

Jason

Here's a couple of sites I bookmarked:

http://www.pcguidebook.com/homenetwork.asp

http://www.amset.info/broadband/sharing.asp

Hope they are of some help.

Jason, just a thought - are you still running windows 98? It's a bit more difficult to set up under W98 I believe.

DocProc, thanks ;-)

Seymour, one of the machines has Windows 98se and the other has Windows xp home edition

I finally managed to get rid of Windows Messenger. After all else failed, I found a link on the Microsoft website showing exactly how to remove it.

Richgit,

Over the last couple of weeks, we have updated all of the computers on the network from ME and W2k to XP Pro. Everything about it really is so much better! On that front, here is a small tip. As you are probably aware, XP can be expensive to buy. If you already have a copy of XP which has been activated elsewhere, there is a crack which sells on eBay for 3 or 4 which will replace one of the XP files and remove the 30 day activation nag screen. Installing SP2 will necessitate running the crack a 2nd time, so it is probably best left until all of the Windows updates have been installed.