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Annoying pop up

  • 17-04-2009 9:14am
    #1
    The Minstrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭


    Everytime I turn on my computer, messenger pops up. Can't see this programme in the remove-progs-list. Already removed msn from the list, any suggestions?

    Also, anyone know what J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 update 6 is? It has 119mb on my pc and I wanted to remove it, but unsure of its importance.


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  • #2
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,760 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    The Minstrel wrote: »
    Everytime I turn on my computer, messenger pops up. Can't see this programme in the remove-progs-list. Already removed msn from the list, any suggestions?

    Also, anyone know what J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 update 6 is? It has 119mb on my pc and I wanted to remove it, but unsure of its importance.

    Which Windows? There's a reg change which shows hidden items such as Messenger if you want to remove it.

    And you can remove the J2SE runtime so long as you never intend to use anything Java related.


  • #3
    The Minstrel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭The Minstrel


    Spear wrote: »
    Which Windows? There's a reg change which shows hidden items such as Messenger if you want to remove it.

    And you can remove the J2SE runtime so long as you never intend to use anything Java related.

    There's a J2SE runtime thingy version 11 taking up 120mbs, can I ditch the version 6.

    It's Windows XP home edition


  • #4
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    Remove both and the go to www.java.com and download the version 13 which is the latest, either the offline version installer or the online, doesn't matter which. BTW Java won't be causing those pop-ups, when was the last time the machine had security updates from M$ installed? More likely that is the issue.

    MC


  • #5
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,760 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    The Minstrel wrote: »
    There's a J2SE runtime thingy version 11 taking up 120mbs, can I ditch the version 6.

    It's Windows XP home edition

    Couple of methods here to remove messenger.

    http://www.petri.co.il/uninstall_windows_messenger_in_windows_xp.htm


  • #6
    PaddyTheNth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭PaddyTheNth


    http://raproducts.org/ <-JavaRa - available there - can automatically remove outdated versions of the JRE, and check for newer versions.

    Be aware that there are a few badly coded programs around which rely on old versions of java to run, though funnily enough they aren't very common outside of the corporate environment :pac:

    Regarding messenger, just let it start up, open up its Options, and uncheck Start Messenger when computer starts or something similarly worded. You can uninstall it completely if you really want to - http://www.google.com/search?q=uninstall+messenger


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