Puckish: I'm sorry to say this, but cleaning the gunk off is the least of your problems. Your computer is dead. The wine caused a short-circuit, and this fried your computer. It may not be repairable. You may have to buy a new computer.
rod03801: The messenger service should be disabled by default if you have all the latest updates to Windows XP. If you don't have the updates, you should get them because they will make your computer less insecure. Run the "Windows Update" program, which should be near the top of the "All Programs" menu on the start menu. It may take a long time to download all the updates, and you may have to run it multiple times.
(esconder) Se está à espera da sua vez, clique em "mudar", ao lado de "actualização" na página principal e mude o temporizador para uns 30 segundos para que veja mais depressa quando volta a ser a sua vez num jogo. (Servant) (mostrar todas as dicas)