> Folks, don’t miss an article! To get Tech – for Everyone articles delivered to your e-mail Inbox, click here, or to subscribe in your RSS reader, click here. “British researchers discovered that molecules found inside the brain tissues of insects can fended off unwanted bacteria….”Ĭopyright 2007-2010 © “Tech Paul” (Paul Eckstrom). * New antibiotics might come from the brains of cockroaches “Dell said on Tuesday that it plans later this month to stop selling PCs downgraded to Windows XP, ahead of next month’s deadline to stop nearly all shipments of PCs running the older operating system….” Trillian lets you connect to multiple IM and social networks at the same time, managing contacts and real time status feeds efficiently. (Works on Macs now too.)Ĭonnect to IM & Social Networks. Today’s free download: For my Instant Messaging (aka “chat”) needs, I use Trillian Astra, which lets me monitor multiple ‘identities’. Follow the steps until it says “Finished”, reboot if necessary, and that’s it, you’re done. A new window will open.ģ) Select the “Uninstall” ‘radio button’ (if it isn’t already) and click “Continue”.Ĥ) Place a check in the checkbox for Messenger (and any others you no longer want) and click “Continue”. (Click on images to see larger versions.)Ģ) Click on “Windows Live Essentials” to ‘select’ it, and then click the “Change/Remove” button. The “pack” of downloadable “Live” programs – including Live Messenger – is called “Windows Live Essentials” so that’s is what you want to look for. So click Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features >Uninstall a program. “ But Paul! I looked there already! Messenger isn’t there!“, you say? Well, yes it is, but it’s kind of hidden. And this is where you go to uninstall Live Messenger too. How To Uninstall Windows Live Messenger (or other Live program):ġ) The normal way to remove (technically, “uninstall”) programs from your computer is to use the “Add/Remove Programs” tool in the Windows Control Panel (called “Programs and Features” in Vista/Win7).
If you have it, and do not want it either, keep reading. Some of those are keepers for sure, but renaming Messenger to “Live Messenger”, and giving it a fancier look, um, er, well, let’s just say I don’t want it on my machine. The “Windows Live” programs you can download are: Messenger, Mail, Writer, Photo Gallery, Movie Maker, Family Safety, and Toolbar. Microsoft’s Instant Messenger (IM) program, “Messenger” is now a part of the “Live” family of download-able programs and utilities, (see, The “Live” Line – Microsoft’s *New* Product Family) and like the others, is now re-named to add “live” in front - “Live Messenger”. How To Remove Windows Live Messenger (or other ‘Live’ program) *
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