After finished installing Windows XP Home or Professional edition, you may have noticed that Windows Messsenger runs when Windows XP is started up. Windows Messenger is the Microsoft instant messaging program built into Windows XP that encourages the users to use it to chat and interact with other users that have a Hotmail or Live account. The success of the current Windows Live Messenger that is widely being used today is probably due in no small part to the embedding of Windows Messenger in Windows XP.

Windows Messenger is outdated today and is superseded by Windows Live Messenger. If you go to the Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel, you can’t find Windows Messenger listed under there for you to uninstall. To completely remove and uninstall Windows Messenger from Windows XP, you will need to use a more advanced method which is listed below. I have listed 3 solutions to remove Windows Messenger from Windows XP and you can use any method that you are comfortable with.

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