Disable IBM Message Center

[MarcosV]

Hi All,

I have a Thinkpad R40 running XP Pro.. Upon boot up I get an icon in my task tray called 'IBM Message Center'

I don't see much use for this since I haven't gotten a message in it the entire 9 months I've owned the laptop.

Does anyone know how I can disable this utility? I've looked everywhere and can't see where to kill it.

Thanks

Jim

[RBob]

It's started at boot time by an entry in the registry. On my machine, there are three different entries:

...\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

...\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

...\HKEY_USERS\<my-user-key>\Software\... (same as other two)

The field name on the right side of the regedit display is "ibmmessages"

I don't know if you have to remove all of them to get it to stop.

Standard disclaimer: IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE REGISTRY, DON'T MESS WITH IT. YOU CAN EASILY TURN YOUR MACHINE INTO A PAPERWEIGHT.

That said, I've only had my machine for about a week and have already received several messages, a couple of which I found useful.

[G-Man]

Or you can just simply uninstall it. It's downloadable from IBM if you happen to change your mind.

Regards,
G-Man

[RBob]

Duh...

Far to easy and direct.

Certainly nothing I'd ever think of.

[G-Man]

Or run msconfig and uncheck the IBM Message Center's box. I know, it's still too simple.

Regards,
G-Man