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If required, you can use the /q command line parameter to avoid seeing the notification messages that the change has been added or removed. To remove the entry in the hosts file, run the tool again, the messenger entry will be removed and you’ll receive a message notifying you as such. Please note you’ll need to restart your browser to see the change. You’ll be prompted for administrator rights so the tool can make modifications to your hosts file, and then you’ll receive a message indicating the change has been made. To start, download the Disable Messaging tool, open the zip file, and run the application inside. To make this change yourself manually, you find yourself on a machine without administrator rights, or you use another operating system, see Other Options below.ĭownload the Disable Messaging tool

If you’re not sure how to do this or want to save time, I’ve made a quick tool for Windows users below which you can easily run to automatically add (or remove) blocking this host. So to disable ’s Messaging feature, all one has to do is block this host and the easiest way to do this is to add it to your hosts file. So I looked for a way to disable this from happening and after rummaging through the options unsuccessfully, some searches to see if anyone else had already figured it out, I started looking through the code, and found the key: .com .com (changed December 2012). I personally use the actual Outlook desktop application and only use webmail when I’m away from my own PC, so I’m not too keen to be speaking of people when I’m just trying to quickly access my email from other locations. I’m sure there are people who don’t mind this – perhaps they don’t use instant messaging or they keep webmail open all the time anyway (in fact you get a small bonus feature if you do). (Side note: Windows 8 Messaging now thankfully has a global off switch added into its settings since the Release Preview.) It has received plenty of favourable reviews and praise but one feature is extremely annoying – and that is, like the Windows 8 Metro Windows 8-style UI Messaging application, it automatically logs you into Messenger and connected services (Facebook Chat) when you sign in, with no ability to log off instant messaging except for setting your status to “invisible”. Last week, Microsoft announced (yet another) rebrand of Hotmail to.