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O.P. RE: msmsgs.exe, is it needed?
Ok, I found that the application "msmsgs.exe" was located in the C:\Program Files\Messenger folder so I renamed it to "msmsgs.BAK" after ending the process in task manager. It seems that MSN Messenger is still running fine, so it is not dependent on it. I found this instructions to remove msmsgs.exe:
"Exit MSN Messenger by right-clicking the MSN icon in the notification area, and selecting Exit.
Add the following registry entries, both with a DWORD value of 1:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client\PreventRun
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Messenger\Client\PreventAutoRun
Open a command prompt by clicking Start/Run, then typing "command" and clicking OK.
Uninstall MSN Messenger by typing "rundll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %systemRoot%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove"
Uninstall the leftover installation information file by typing "rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection BLC.Remove 128 %systemRoot%\INF\msmsgs.inf"
Allow MSN Messenger to be displayed in the Add/Remove Windows Components dialog in the future (if it pops up again!) by typing "notepad.exe %systemRoot%\INF\sysoc.inf" and deleting the word "hide" from the line that starts with "msmsgs=". It MAY be possible to skip to this step directly and perform the uninstallation directly from the Add/Remove Windows Components dialog, but that method MAY leave unwanted components and has not been thoroughly tested.
Cross your fingers and reboot! You will probably get a message asking you to confirm the removal of some leftover files. Click OK. "
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