How to Block MSN Messenger

Video Transcript

"Let's say you've got MSN Messenger on your computer and you've got a family member that you don't want accessing it. We're going to show you a couple of ways that you can block MSN Messenger from your computer. All right. Today, we're going to talk a little bit about how to block MSN Messenger. Say you have a child you don't want accessing it anymore or you just want to control it. Here are some easy ways to do it. Now, it's a little bit tricky, because there's no direct way inside of Messenger itself. You have to access the live mail account that's connected to it. All right. So, this is where you're going to change your settings. Click your email address to view your account and you go into Account View mode. Put in your password. And then immediately, it will come up in Account Summary. And then you'll see where you can change the password. And changing your password is the easiest and most basic way of blocking access to whoever you don't want using MSN Messenger. So, the other method is to just get rid of the program altogether. That will definitely keep it blocked from whoever you want using the program. So, hit Programs in Windows Vista. This is the uninstaller/change of program list view, it looks like. And we're looking for Windows Live Messenger and there it is. And then we go ahead and hit "uninstall", because we want to get rid of it. And we would say "Yes". I don't want to get rid of it, so I'm going to say "No". You would say "Yes". And then, hit the button and it will go ahead and get rid of Windows Live Messenger and no one else will be able to use it."