hey jake,
try this: open the registry editor by clicking on start->run and then type
in regedit and press enter.

what you have in front of you now is the windows registry editor. move with
complete caution because you can mess up your computer big time if you dont
follow the steps as mentioned.

Now scroll down to the HKey_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre nt
Version\Run and now on the right pane you should have a few entries. Check if
you have msmsgs entry there. If you do just right click on it and select
delete. If you dont then move on to the next step otherwise restart your
computer and check if you have that process running.

Now the next step if you dint find it in the previous step you are sure to
find t here. In the registry editor now you need to go to
HKey_Local_Machine\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Run. Check here
you will find it. Just right click on it and select delete.

That's it!!

Now restart your system to check if you have that process running.

Do tell me if this helps
yogi

"Jake Norman" wrote:

> Msn Messenger is disabled and also I have disabled the service and it is not
> running. But in Task Manager their is a process by the name msmsgs.exe which
> is hogging a lot of memory. And it does not seem to quit even after manually
> stopping it. Checked my pc with NORTON AV, SpyBot as well as Ad- Aware and
> they have given it a clean bill. I searched the exe in Windows and found it
> in Windows Prefetch directory. And yes it is not connecting to internet as I
> have disabled all unnecessary internet connections thru Zone Alarm.I am not
> sure what to do now.
>
> "Kerry Brown" wrote:
>
> > Jake Norman wrote:
> > > I have diabled Windows Messenger service from running through the
> > > Services console+disabled it from the messenger's options as well.
> > > The process was not appearing earlier but after the recent windows
> > > update, this process keeps on running and hogs the memory.It restarts
> > > after it is manually stopped.
> > > I searched the windows for the exe and found only this entry in
> > > Windows Prefetch folder"MSMSGS.EXE-2B6052DE.pf".Any ideas how can I
> > > get rid of this process. Thanx
> >
> > The Windows Messenger service and Microsoft Messenger are two different
> > entities. Unfortunately Microsoft picked very similar names. One is a
> > service and one is a program. Which one is causing the problem? Does the
> > Messenger service restart or does the Messenger program restart? If it's the
> > program some of the other posts in the thread tell you how to stop it. If
> > it's the service it's likely some malware has infected your computer.
> >
> > Kerry
> >
> >
> >