Popups on WinXP

HO-OHLA · Post by **HO-OHLA** » 23 Jul 2003, 17:42

Whenever I load High Stakes, I get popups automaticly. How can I fix this? Sometimes when i leave home for 30 minutes or so, i like get a million popups with no internet explorer website tht i went on was on.
HOW TO FIX THIS?

Post by **SuperRacer** » 23 Jul 2003, 18:23

This has nothing to do with High Stakes. Right-click on My Computer, go to Manage, Services and Applications, Services. Stop the "Messenger" service and change startup type to disabled.

HO-OHLA · Post by **HO-OHLA** » 23 Jul 2003, 20:47

How do I change startup type to disabled on winXP?

Post by **SuperRacer** » 23 Jul 2003, 21:41

Double-click on the Messenger service and you'll see the Start-up type drop-down box. Choose Disabled.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 25 Jul 2003, 02:17

Thanx!

HO-OHLA · Post by **HO-OHLA** » 25 Jul 2003, 02:26

Ummm...
That doesn't work. I STILL get popups automaticly.

Post by **SuperRacer** » 25 Jul 2003, 04:33

What do they look like? Post a screenshot.

HO-OHLA · Post by **HO-OHLA** » 25 Jul 2003, 19:00

How can i post a screenshot?

Post by **SuperRacer** » 25 Jul 2003, 21:11

Press the Print Screen button (near the Pause button), open Paint, and paste. Save the picture. If you have somewhere to upload it so you can link to it here, do that. If not, just use the Add an Attachment feature here.

HO-OHLA · Post by **HO-OHLA** » 27 Jul 2003, 17:40

Here:

Post by **SuperRacer** » 27 Jul 2003, 19:08

There could be spyware on your computer. Download Ad-Aware. It'll scan your computer for spyware and delete it.

Koffy · Post by **Koffy** » 28 Jul 2003, 01:27

Be carefull when using Ad-Aware, since it can prevent some internet programs from running, like Kazaa, Counter-Strike and others.
Be shure to backup everything you delete.

Post by **SuperRacer** » 28 Jul 2003, 02:08

I've never heard of it preventing CS from running..?
And if you use Kazaa, try Kazaa Lite instead. It works even better than Kazaa and has no spyware.

Koffy · Post by **Koffy** » 29 Jul 2003, 00:06

Yes, you are right about KazaaLite.
About CS, I don't remember wether it was cs, hl or some other game. However it is allways good to backup everything.