The only control panel uninstall program I tried was Win Live Messenger Active X.  We do not use social media products.  Win 8 tiles gives us access to all things we need to know.  Messenger gets in the way and sometimes slows down our computers.  With two apps for mail on our Win 8 start tiles, Outlook 2010 and Win 8 mail plus Hotmail icon on my Win 7 Task tray, Live Messenger is of no value to us.  I'm not even sure about Sky Dive, Silver Light or any other related sharing outside of my home group.  The Cloud gives me the storage I need for Home Group Docs, photos etc. and that's about it.  Our Hotmail accounts gives us POP 3 mail server distribution to our Apple mobile products and Mac computers.  SOO...  How do I get out of Win Live Messenger?