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Discussion in 'Gaming' started by BigRedCornhead, Jul 10, 2006.

  1. BigRedCornhead

    BigRedCornhead Well-Known Member

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    msmsgs.exe someone please explain read all sort of different reviews and impressions would like to hear all of yalls....anyway they say your online messages wont come though if you disable it...it could possibly hide viruses so on and so forth....what is truth how should this be handled...should i end this process or let it run...heres the link i read that says how to disable it....http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winxp/1059732631...
     
  2. .PostaL.

    .PostaL. Senior Member

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    msmsgs.exe is MSN Messenger ...............if u kill it msn will just exit out

    oh yea and if u dont want it to start on startup follow these directions

    start > run > type "msconfig" > then click startup tab and just look for msmsgs.exe there
     
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    i wouldnt be too worried about it.
     
  4. johndapunk FTW

    johndapunk FTW Senior Member

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    Wow, um guys, you don't know much about what you're talking about. msmsgs.exe is the Windows Messenger Service (Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services).

    I don't know about it carrying viruses. I know it many for being able to use "net send" commands, because you need this service Started for that to work. Otherwise, there is really no point in having it on. It's really your deicision, but practicly useless most of the time.

    btw, msnmsger.exe is MSN Messenger.
     
  5. BigRedCornhead

    BigRedCornhead Well-Known Member

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    yep i read it was windows messengers..you said it would shutdown net send commands would that in turn disable my ability to play online games????or can you explain net send commands
     
  6. johndapunk FTW

    johndapunk FTW Senior Member

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    naw, you dont need this service for games or anything practical for that matter.

    net send is a command in Command Prompt that lets you send a messege to all the computers on your network... bearing in mind that they must also have the Messenger Service activated also. google it, you'll see more of what I mean.
     
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    If anyone was interested in this thread about how to turn off msmsgs.exe the link i provided in the begining doesnt work for although ive read it works for some...but any way this is way easier....Link: http://www.neuber.com/taskmanager/process/msmsgs.exe.html (6th post from bottom is the command) you can read through all if you like but this took it off my pc for good....free memory on start up is worth it...read up if interested...
     
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    get trillian

    its aim, yahoo im and msn im all in one
     

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