

This is a user setting that can be found under User Configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Messenger and while it does say it applied to Windows XP this in reality is only a Windows XP setting as there is no Windows Messenger in Windows Vista or above. Now Windows Messenger 4.6 that comes with Windows XP is no longer supported but disabling the program should help avoid any confusion for user that also have Windows Live Messenger installed. The “Do not allow Windows Messenger to be run” will prevent any user from running Windows Messenger that comes out of the box with Windows XP. This weeks setting of the week is another old one however it is very important for any environment that is still running Windows XP SOE. (Wow… I have been doing this for 6 months now… how time flies… )
