Go to Start / Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services.
Open up your services, At the bottom, select the tab that says Standard. (it is easier to view). The list is alphabetical.
Look for one called Messenger. Stop that service!! Put the startup type on disable, not manual. Be sure to Stop this service.
While you are there, look for one called NVidia Driver helper service. Stop that service!! Put the startup type on disable, not manual. Be sure to Stop this service.
You will have less popups by disabling and stopping Messenger.
Your computer will definitely start faster by disabling the buggy NVidia thing which seems to serve no practical purpose anyway.
If you have NVidia Driver helper service listed that means you have a graphics card based on the popular Nvidia chipset.
A slightly different topic, but if you'd like to eliminate web popups, get Popup Stopper. If you click here and go down to the free version you can download it easily. It works by blocking all popups unless you hold down the shift key, for those situations where you do need to allow another window to open.
Of course, the solution I went with instead is to use a better browser than IE. Right now, I'm using Phoenix (which was renamed Firebird) which is a scaled down version of Mozilla, which is what Netscape was based on. However, it's not crap, unlike Netscape. It gives you tabbed browsing so you can have multiple sites open in one window, it automatically does popup blocking if you want, and it is more configurable than IE.
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Go to Start / Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services.
Open up your services, At the bottom, select the tab that says Standard. (it is easier to view). The list is alphabetical.
Look for one called Messenger. Stop that service!! Put the startup type on disable, not manual. Be sure to Stop this service.
While you are there, look for one called NVidia Driver helper service. Stop that service!! Put the startup type on disable, not manual. Be sure to Stop this service.
You will have less popups by disabling and stopping Messenger.
Your computer will definitely start faster by disabling the buggy NVidia thing which seems to serve no practical purpose anyway.
If you have NVidia Driver helper service listed that means you have a graphics card based on the popular Nvidia chipset.
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jardinero
Thanks, John.
Done! I didn't have the NVidia driver.
BTW, would you ask Hope to check her private messages (actually can't remember if I put it under you or her; maybe she can check both).
Thanks again for the help!
Jardinero
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A slightly different topic, but if you'd like to eliminate web popups, get Popup Stopper. If you click here and go down to the free version you can download it easily. It works by blocking all popups unless you hold down the shift key, for those situations where you do need to allow another window to open.
Of course, the solution I went with instead is to use a better browser than IE. Right now, I'm using Phoenix (which was renamed Firebird) which is a scaled down version of Mozilla, which is what Netscape was based on. However, it's not crap, unlike Netscape. It gives you tabbed browsing so you can have multiple sites open in one window, it automatically does popup blocking if you want, and it is more configurable than IE.
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