Re: messenger popups

From: Adam Wood (adam_at_adamwood.com)
Date: 06/03/03 

Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 19:37:53 +0100

> does anyone know how to stop messenger pop-up windows from
> appearing?

Stop the messenger service: "net stop messenger" on the command line will do
it once. Use the services admin tool to change the behavior at startup if
you prefer.

Alternatively/additionally you could use a firewall (hardware or software)
to block access.

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