Was getting LOADS of pop-ups from firms advertising how to stop pop-ups. Also the annoying porn ads.
Here's how to stop them for Windows XP.
Go to Control Panel, Administrative tools. Then select 'services' and scroll down to messenger. Double click messenger and change 'service status' to stop and 'start-up type' to disabled. Click apply then OK.
Problem sorted. This will stop those infuriating ads and will not affect Messenger in any way.
Dont know if this has been posted before.
