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i have a shared pc and i`m really tired of seeing my brother spending 8 hours a day talking bullshit anddownloading crap in my pc, so my question is:
is there any way to avoid msn messenger from being executed even if it is reinstalled??
i use win XP pro
If you have admin privalidges on the box couldnt you just deny him the right to use it under his account ?
i dunno i have never used XP but in principal it should work
you could always get a firewall and deny access to the program... just an idea
i usezonealarm but the idea is he doesn`t know why messenger is not running, so i can tell: well i have no idea why it doesn`t work, uh how pitty!! ;)
freejack, click start=>right click windows messanger=>properties=>security tab
configure permissions for all accounts. If your brother hasn't got an
account set one up by, click start=>control panel=>user accounts=>
create a new account. Type new name=>click next=>pick an account
type=>limited. I am pretty sure that this is all you need to do, i
could be wrong, if so i will delete this post.
Hope this helps. TidaL.
If you want to get rid of it, go to this site and follow the instructions. This should put a stop to him. ;)
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_mess_disable.htm
--TH13
sorrry but none of the above have worked so far....i still need help
Go to my computer, click on c or whatever your drive is called. Go to program files. Find the file named messenger and rename it. (you may have to go to task monitor and end the messenger service first to be able to rename it) The icons will still show up but they will not be active. This will make it look like something is just wrong with the program. This works fine until messenger is reinstalled.
Alternatively check out what m/s has to say:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;302089
Good luck.
you could always uninstall it :thumbsup:
Tell your brother to go buy his own damn PC because you are sick and tired of having him gom yours up with all the crap he is downloading. If this is your box then he should at least have enough respect to use it according to your guidelines.
Elsewise password protect your user account, setup a limited account for him and remove messenger from the shared folder so he cannot access it.
especially since you are the older bro ya know... take some action! ;)Quote:
Originally posted here by allenb1963
Tell your brother to go buy his own damn PC because you are sick and tired of having him gom yours up with all the crap he is downloading. If this is your box then he should at least have enough respect to use it according to your guidelines.
i could kill him too, but...
- i downloaded and instaled the disableMessenger tool...it didn`t work :killcompu
- i went to the M$ stupidity base...just crap (as expected)
- i turned on the "disable messenger" option in the administrative tools...didn`t work
- i`ve googled about it but didn`t find anything useful
as i said, the box is not mine it is for my brother and i, but the matter is that i study informatics and need to program and use other tools for my carrer while he just keeps talking gossip and major crap by that goddamned messenger. if my parents could understand the diference, this wouldn`t be happening...anyway. I accept him to use the pc but i don`t accept losing time, work and effort because his adiction to both: messenger and stupidity...believe i`m SICK of it and i`m "desperately lookin for help".
i don`t want icq`s, aol`s, messenger or any instant message service is abled to work in my pc, even logged as administrator.
if XP were a serious OS it could give me the ability to do that, but despite it`s "adiministrative s@#t" that f@#* messenger still works...
well i`ll keep on tryi`n anyway
thanx to all of you... :)
¿how did ya know i`m the older bro?
i think i`ll do whatallenb1963 said
Go to http://grc.com/default.htm and get "shoot the messenger" it works with NT,2K and XP.
This is the homepage of Gibson Research Corporation (Steve Gibson). There is a lot of other freeware and a lot of useful articles on all sorts of security issues such as universal plug and play, raw sockets support in XP and so on.
You still have to do something about the security issue of it being re-installed, that is change his user rights.
Cheers
hey i`m not talking about the messenger service....this is about MSN MESSENGER 6 !!!
Here is an idea, not sure that's what you want...
I haven't used ZoneAlarm in years but can you block an IP with it?
When I log in with MsnMessenger6 it connects to baym-cs106.msgr.hotmail.com
If I was you I would block any connection to *.msgr.hotmail.com in ZoneAlarm.
It will probably give an alarm when your brother will try to connect though.
You can turn off the alarm feature before loggin off and turn it back on when using your computer again.
Now this is only theory only since the free version of zone alarm is kind of crappy and I bet you can't manually block a single ip.
My second suggestion is to change firewall and use Agnitum Outpost.
With that free firewall, you can block an IP without getting a stupid popup alert whenever someone tries to connect to it.
This will work even if your brother reinstalls messenger since the ip will still be blocked.
You could even block access to the MSN Mess download site so he can't reinstall.
All in all it's a much more flexible product then zone alarm.
http://www.agnitum.com/download/outpostfree.html
good luck.
This leaves the icons on your computer but when clicked an error message appears stating file not found. This will make your bro think the program is damaged. If he reinstalls it simply repeat the process...eventually he'll get tired of installing "that m/s crap" and you're all set.
Good luck
First, right click the Messenger icon in the system tray and click Exit.
Right click the Start button and click the Explore command to open the Windows Explorer.
In the Windows Explorer, expand the Program Files folder on the partition where your operating system is installed (the partition that holds the WINDOWS directory) and right click the Messenger folder and select Rename.
Rename the folder to MessengerDISABLED and press ENTER to commit the name change.
Restart the Computer. No more Windows Messenger!
A number of people said they couldn't rename the folder, because they got a message that said there was a file in use. If this happened to you, try this:
Right click the taskbar and click the Task Manager.
In the Task Manager, click the Processes tab.
On the Processes tab, click the Image name column header. You'll notice that this arranges program names in alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order. This prevents them from moving around in the list and makes it easier to find what you're looking for.
Find the msimn entry in the list. Right click it and click End Process. Click Yes in the dialog box warning that bad things might happen. The msimn entry should disappear.
Find the msmsgs entry in the Image Name list. Right click that one and click End Process. Again, click Yes on the warning dialog box.
Close the Task Manager.
Now that both the Windows Messenger and Outlook Express are closed completely, you should be able to rename the C:\Program Files\Messenger folder. For info on other ways to whack Windows Messenger, look in the Troubleshooting section at the end of this newsletter for a link to Microsoft's official methods.
source: http://www.winxpnews.com/index.cfm?id=80
Thanks !! amorphous. I have tried for years to block that (damned) MSN Messenger.
Blocked port 1863 - didn't work cause MS are so proud of the fact MSN Mess will then use the HTTP port (or proxy port) to run. Tried blocking all the Ip adds ..... gave up after blocking 30 or so. (obviously firewall rules won't block it; cause it will use the HTTP port(s))
Great answer
Hi FreeJack , allow ur brother to use ur pc freely , remember u are free ......
amorphous ::: umm but what if he just goes into the msn directory and sees the file is renamed?? easier way - rename extention from .exe to .txt open it up delete a couple of lines and rename back to .exe
I doubt it would run then ;)
v_Ln
OK dude, here is a little something for you. Rename this to msnremove.vbs, right click it and select OPEN. This should do the trick. If not, I'd be VERY surprised.
This is a little VBScript written to take care of your issue. You'll need to be signed in as an admin before you run it.
or
you can do this:
Using Windows Explorer navigate to c:\windows\inf\sysoc.inf.
Look for the line starting with "msmsgs" and remove "hide," from the end of this line.
Now goto Control Panel -> Add/Remove -> Windows Components. Windows Messenger should now be listed.
All you have to do now is remove the checkmark from it.
I knew I posted something on this ages ago:
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=239761
Lemme know how it works out.
:p
I know in Zone Alarm Pro you can set a password to change or view settings. So you could block the program access in Zone Alarm (Under Program control) and then set a password to change any settings.
If you have access to an admin account, then just revoke his username. Or pm me and I can give some software used at my school to restrict use of certain programs and file types.