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Windows XP - Turn off the annoying tabs in MSN Messenger

November 25, 2013
Updated: April 14, 2022
Quick overview:

MSN Messenger 7 bietet über Registerkarten im linken Bereich des Programms viele Funktionen an, die sich mit Werbe- und Spamanbietern oder eigenen MSN Diensten (z.B. MSN Music) verbinden. Lästig, sagen wir und wenn Sie uns zustimmen, zeigen wir Ihnen, wie Sie diese Registerkarten auf schnellstem Wege entfernen:

Speed up MSN Messenger - here's how

1. Click on Start/Run and click on Run. Enter the command regedit here and confirm with Enter.

2. Expand the key path HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ Microsoft\MSNMessenger\PerPassportSettings and select each subkey that contains a number (e.g. 59111337) once. Search there for the value DisableTabs. If this is not available, right-click in the right-hand pane and select New/DWORD value.

3. Name this now DisableTabs, double-click on the newly created value and enter a 1.

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After the next restart of MSN Messenger 7, you'll be rid of the annoying advertising index cards and can concentrate on the essentials: Chat carefree!

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in 2001, his helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write for international publications such as PC-Praxis, Computerbild, PCWorld in the USA, IMTEST.de and Hifi.de. Sandro's main job is as Global Product Marketing Lead and Consultant for various global tech companies, including Microsoft, AVG, Avast, Nero, TeamViewer, Swiss IT Security Group and now currently in the fintech sector for Gendigital. But he can't get rid of his passion and shares his tweaks here again. Privately, he enjoys traveling the world and loves Asia, especially Japan, Singapore and Korea, but also natural places like Iceland and the Nordics. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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