This keyboard command closes whatever display is open at the time. Instead, hold down the Alt key and tap F4.
Above all, never click on anything in a box that has the words “Messenger Service” in the title bar. But first, for Windows 98 users, please keep in mind that clicking on any of the advertising pitches that appear on your screen can lead to chaos as well as to legitimate offerings. I’ll recap the drill for Windows XP/2000/NT. A click can be utterly devastating if, for example, it logs you on to Web sites that do things like infest hard drives with spyware, attempt to beam back a virus and, perhaps worst of all, hijack your browser.Ī hijacked browser always comes up with the perpetrator’s choice for a default home page and does this no matter how often one restores it. These bogus notes typically tell the user to click on one of the choices in the message. W., Windows 98 does not let users take the steps needed to stop those outrageous pop-up advertisements that come up on the screen with Microsoft’s own interface-reading Messenger Service. Is there another place to find Messenger? Thanks for any help you can give me, as these are really annoying. However, my Control Panel does not list “Administrative Tools” (possibly because it is Windows 98). I read your recent advice on stopping the annoying Microsoft pop-ups and tried to follow your instructions.
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