Remove MSN Messeger from XP by 2 ways

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The following method works in Windows XP Professional, but has not been tested on a system with SP1 installed. FYI, I've seen scripts that are similar to this, but fail miserably, automatically deleting other much-needed components! Better to do this slow and manually

  1. !Exit MSN Messenger by right-clicking the MSN icon in the notification area, and selecting Exit.
  2. Add the following registry entries, both with a DWORD value of 1: . HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client\PreventRun . HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client\PreventAutoRun.
  3. Open a command prompt by clicking Start/Run, then typing "command" and clicking OK.
  4. Uninstall MSN Messenger by typing "rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %systemRoot%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove"
  5. . Uninstall the leftover installation information file by typing "rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection BLC.Remove 128 %systemRoot%\INF\msmsgs.inf"
  6. Allow MSN Messenger to be displayed in the Add/Remove Windows Components dialog in the future (if it pops up again 
  7. By typing "notepad.exe %systemRoot%\INF\sysoc.inf" and deleting the word "hide" from the line that starts with "msmsgs=".
  8. It MAY be possible to skip to this step directly and perform the uninstallation directly from the Add/Remove Windows Components dialog, but that method MAY leave unwanted components and has not been thoroughly tested.
  9. Cross your fingers and reboot! You will probably get a message asking you to confirm the
  10. removal of some leftover files. Click OK.

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