Kevin the grey said:
Andrew it is just X
: . As an update ? I defragged . It said That I had too little free space on my drive to defrag properly . 14 % with at least 20 % being optimal . I emptied out the deleted files and upped it a percentage point . Even that little bit seemed to help .
Funny thing ? Since then the registry warning stopped appearing . I would still like to know how to disable it . I am looking for another hard drive so as to give me more operating room .
When you get 'running out of space' messages, you are on a hiding to no-where. Defragging won't increase the space on your hard drive, only deleting programs and data will. Defragging removes lots of little available spaces on your hard drive and puts them all in one block. This marginally increases the speed in which the computer can write data to the hard drive, and at a later time access it, nothing else. 'Defrag' is short for 'defragment, (take little bits and make them into one big bit - the reverse of a fragmentation grenade).
Hard drives are cheap. Go down to your local shop and ask them what they have that is old, small and cheap. On a Pentium 11, you won't be able to take a very large hard drive, but you ought to be able to use one twice the size of the one you have now. They should have old hard drives they have swapped out of computers. I have the following spare hard drives sitting in my closet if any are of use? Having said that, you need to upgrade the whole thing to at least a P111 for speedy internet use.
Seagate Medalist ST33232A Ultra DMA 3.2GB
Fujitsu MPF3102AH 10.2GB 3.5" IDE Hard Drive
You say 'it is just XP'. Windows XP comes in two flavours, Windows XP Home, and Windows XP Pro. If you click Start, Control Panel, and then double click 'System', on the General tab, the top line under system: will tell you the version.
To turn off Windows Messenger Service is as follows:
Pre-amble first
In their initial state, Microsoft Windows operating systems (98, ME,
XP, 2000, NT) allow anyone on the internet to pop up Windows on your screen. There is no need for them to know anything about your computer and your computer does not care who does it.
Even less savory individuals may pop up messages on your screen that
try to fool you into taking actions that may not be in your best interest.
The important thing to remember is that anyone, anywhere in the
world can pop up one of these messages on your computer. At this time it
looks as though all these messages will have "Messenger Service" in the
Window title. It would be wise to verify with support staff any such message
that appears on your computer that instructs you to to take actions that may
divulge sensitive information, change your password, leads you to a web
site, or take other, unusual actions on your computer.
Also know that spam senders are using the Windows Message Service as another way to distribute their advertisements.
Windows XP Home
1.. Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel
2.. Click Performance and Maintenance
3.. Click Administrative Tools
4.. Double click Services Scroll
5.. down and highlight "Messenger"
6.. Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
7.. Click the STOP button.
8.. Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
9.. Click OK
Windows XP Professional
1.. Click Start->Settings ->Control Panel
2.. Click Administrative Tools
3.. Click Services
4.. Double click Services Scroll
5.. down and highlight "Messenger"
6.. Right-click the highlighted line and choose Properties.
7.. Click the STOP button.
8.. Select Disable or Manual in the Startup Type scroll bar
9.. Click OK
If you need any further help, just shout.
I actually like the fact that someone (really a bunch of people) have made some decisions that Microsoft forgot, didn't understand, didn't think important, or were in too much of a hurry to get the product to market to make. 
