Re: A new bug in csrss.exe ??

From: H. Debs (no@spam.com)
Date: 11/15/02 

From: "H. Debs" <no@spam.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 05:08:21 +0100

Thanks a lot Ken for the link and the info.

It says in there that one of the conditions is to have NetBIOS enabled for
the internet connection. I don't see a NetBIOS mentioned anywhere when I
look at my DUN connection properties.
But I have a service running called "TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Service". Is that
what they mean?
I have a single PC, connected via ADSL modem to the internet. Do I need
this NetBIOS service? Can I safely stop it? Why do I get "WMI: Critical
Error" message when I click on the "Dependencies" tab of any service?

Sorry for confusing it with MSN Messenger, but you must admit some people at
MS don't seem to have a lot of imagination for finding names :)

Oh, BTW, I discovered my firewall was disabled when that popup came up
today. I remember having done so to test something a few days ago, and
forgot to re-enable it. But I don't think it was disabled the 3 other times
I saw this popup.

"Ken Wickes [MS]" <kenwic@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OHulI5CjCHA.4228@tkmsftngp08...
> This is the messenger service, not to be confused with MSN Messenger or
> Windows messenger. It's been in Windows a long time, most for network
admin
> to notify clients of network problems. Only recently have spammers
latched
> onto it.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;330904
>
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>

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