"Little Johnny" <missb93@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> That's where I started but there is nothing in control panel add/remove
for
> it.?????
>
Instant Messenger - in a VERY big way, since it phones home somewhere just
about every two minutes. I did see instructions recently for editing the
registry in such a way as to be able to uninstall those things, but I really
don't want to mess around with the XP and have to reinstall it at 3 am so I
settled for blocking net access to those programs (and don't forget the
components!) in Zone Alarm.