Step 5: Click on 'stop' to complete disabling windows live messenger. Step 4: It will then ask for the 'startup type'. Step 3: After hitting 'ok' or pressing enter in your keyboard, a list of programs will appear. Hit 'ok' or you may also press enter in your keyboard.
As the run box appears, go to the open field and type in 'services.msc'. The start button is the green button at the bottom left of the screen with the windows logo on it. Here is the step-by-step instruction on disabling windows live messenger from your system. If for some reasons you do not need your windows live messenger, you can disable it at any time. Your windows XP operating system comes with a pre-installed windows live messenger formerly known as windows messenger.