Hi Jeff.
Gary's suggestion is a good one, but you might want to set a System Restore
point just before you go into Administrative Tools and turn the Messenger off.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 02:05 PM 6/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I think you need to disable messenger service. This is not the windows
>messenger.
>1. go to control panel and enter on administrative tools
>2. curser down to services and enter
>3. tab once and you will find a list of about 80 items
>4. type M until you find messenger transmit...
>5. hit your application key and enter on properties
>6. tab through these items and change this item to disabled, it will be
>number 3 of 3 choices. Be sure to ok it and close. You may want to go back
>and make sure it's disabled by following the same procedure starting with
>control panel
>
>Gary
>
>Gary Jackson kk5ge
>Phone: 409-962-0353
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "JEFFREY MICHAEL KENYON" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 6:59 AM
>Subject: Re: JAWS & Pop-ups
>
>
>Okay, these pop-ups are coming through the Windows Messenger and I checked
>the system tray to see if it was there and it wasn't. How can I double
>check to see that McCaffey is disabled for good so when my auth disc does
>get here I won't have to worry about runing it or anything like that?
>
>
>
>
>
>On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Louis Kim Kline wrote:
>
> > Hi Jeffrey.
> >
> > You are probably getting the pop-ups for Automatic Updates. If you want
>to
> > use the automatic updates, you can respond to these popups through the
> > System Tray. If you don't want to be constantly bugged by Microsoft
> > because they found the umpteenth security hole in Windows XP, you can turn
> > these messages off by pressing WINDOWS LOGO+BREAK to pop up the System
> > Properties dialog box. You will be in the General page. Press the
> > CTRL+TAB a few times until you get to the Automatic Updates page. If you
> > uncheck the first checkbox on this page, you will completely disable the
> > Automatic Update feature. Or, if you want the system to update, but don't
> > want to be nagged about it, you can adjust the radio buttons below to
> > update automatically on a schedule that you set. Whichever way you decide
> > to handle it, you can tab down to the Ok button and use your SPACE BAR to
> > put the changes into effect.
> >
> >
> > Another thing I found about Windows XP that I didn't like and got rid of
>in
> > a hurry was the Windows Desktop Clean Up Wizard. It nags you to get rid
>of
> > any icons that you haven't used in the last 60 days. Just because I don't
> > use something all the time doesn't mean that I want it to be gone.
> >
> > Here's how to get rid of the Clean Up Wizard. Go to your Control Panel,
> > and go to the Display icon. Either press the ENTER key when the focus is
> > on the Display icon, or double-click on it.
> >
> > Then when the Display dialog opens, press CTRL+TAB once to get onto the
> > Desktop page. Then press the TAB key until you get to the Customize
> > Desktop button. Press the SPACE BAR. Another dialog will open. TAB
> > through it until you come to a checkbox that says "Run Clean Up Wizard
> > every 60 days. Use your SPACE BAR to uncheck this checkbox. Then TAB
> > down to the Ok button.
> >
> > This helped me to tame down the pop-ups on the desktop. Now, if it's
> > Internet Explorer that is bugging you, then you might want to look at one
> > of the programs that is designed to block pop-up ads on the Internet.
>That
> > is a whole other subject.
> >
> > Hope this has helped.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> > At 08:42 PM 6/25/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Okay, I seem to think it may be a setting in JAWS, but I will try that
>now
> > >that I have it set up for laptop like it should be. I am not on line
>with
> > >IE when this happens, but I keep getting pop up messages in XP Home. Can
> > >I do something about it?
> > >
> >
> >
> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
> > Home e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > Work e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> > Work Telephone: (585) 697-5753
> >
Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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