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| | Uninstalling Messenger on Vista My friend and I have both got a virus and are going to uninstall Messenger to try and get rid of it. My computer is an XP and under Control Panel I've been able to uninstall Messenger. However on my friends computer, which is Vista, when she goes onto Control Panel > Uninstall/Change Programs and gets a list of her programs, Messenger is not an option. Does anybody know why this is? Or can anyone suggest another way of uninstalling it? Thanks ![]() |
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| | RE: Uninstalling Messenger on Vista it depends on which version of messenger you atre running. if you are running 8.5 and earlier there will be a thing in the control pannel that says something like msn messenger. if it 9.0 it will say essentials. and as long as I know to uninstall essentials is the same way you would uninstall messenger. -- Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy Skywolfe "Moogle" wrote: Quote: > My friend and I have both got a virus and are going to uninstall Messenger to > try and get rid of it. > > My computer is an XP and under Control Panel I've been able to uninstall > Messenger. However on my friends computer, which is Vista, when she goes onto > Control Panel > Uninstall/Change Programs and gets a list of her programs, > Messenger is not an option. > > Does anybody know why this is? Or can anyone suggest another way of > uninstalling it? > > Thanks ![]() |
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| | Re: Uninstalling Messenger on Vista Just to add to this, uninstalling Messenger (and I presume you're going to be reinstalling it), won't do anything to stop a typical Messenger virus as it runs independently of the application. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "Rage Skywolfe" <RageSkywolfe@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:AC25A620-40F4-4EA2-BB51-9E4245D9C376@xxxxxx Quote: > it depends on which version of messenger you atre running. if you are running > 8.5 and earlier there will be a thing in the control pannel that says > something like msn messenger. if it 9.0 it will say essentials. and as long > as I know to uninstall essentials is the same way you would uninstall > messenger. > -- > Four Generations Of Trust And Betrayal...One Legacy > > Skywolfe > > > "Moogle" wrote: > Quote: >> My friend and I have both got a virus and are going to uninstall Messenger to >> try and get rid of it. >> >> My computer is an XP and under Control Panel I've been able to uninstall >> Messenger. However on my friends computer, which is Vista, when she goes onto >> Control Panel > Uninstall/Change Programs and gets a list of her programs, >> Messenger is not an option. >> >> Does anybody know why this is? Or can anyone suggest another way of >> uninstalling it? >> >> Thanks ![]() |
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