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Title: need help with XP pls
Post by: RTR on January 02, 2004, 08:48:34 PM

HI folks, having a bit of an issue here.

Windows XP Home
2.2 gig    512mb ram

I'm trying to get my processes down to 19 and free up some resources to play AH.

Using cntrl alt delete   I click on the process'  tab and am having trouble disabling msmsgs.exe

I can disable it but in a few seconds it restarts. How do I disable this thing?


Am I out to lunch here?  Have been having a problem with  rubber bullets lately.

Also, when it is running I am seeing spikes of up to 60% CPU usage. This can't be normal.

Any ideas would be appreciated  (use small words pls, I am an idiot).

cheers and thanks

RTR

Title: need help with XP pls
Post by: zmeg on January 02, 2004, 09:10:25 PM

virus

Title: need help with XP pls
Post by: Dingbat on January 03, 2004, 06:55:04 AM

remove it for good (use at your own risk)

Start/Run and type in(or copy and paste)

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


This removes windows(MSN) messenger from your PC.

Title: need help with XP pls
Post by: Skuzzy on January 03, 2004, 08:46:11 AM

Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services is the place to disable the stuff Windows starts at boot time.  Take care as there are services you can disable that will turn your computer into a large paperweight.

Title: need help with XP pls
Post by: SNO on January 03, 2004, 08:54:59 AM

blkviper.com       very useful XP services info

SNO

Title: need help with XP pls
Post by: Dingbat on January 03, 2004, 10:04:45 AM

Quote

Originally posted by Skuzzy
Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services is the place to disable the stuff Windows starts at boot time.  Take care as there are services you can disable that will turn your computer into a large paperweight.

True for some services but msmgr is not controlled there as a service...

Title: need help with XP pls
Post by: RTR on January 05, 2004, 06:15:47 PM

Just an update folks, I did a system restore to an earlier point, and everything is working fine now. I have no idea what was going on and Norton scans me clean.

Thanks for the replies.
Cheers,
RTR

Title: need help with XP pls
Post by: Flit on January 05, 2004, 09:20:21 PM

Definitly check out Blackviper.com Anyone who's running XP
 Great Stuff