[TowerTalk] Popups

[John ( N5BSD )]

There is also a simple was to take care of this thru a few 3rd party
programs
System Mechanic is one of the pay for program out there that will do it,
but
Also GRC.Com offers a free one just for killing that service

Steve Gibson, who runs GRC also offers a number of other useful programs

This is the link to the messenger stop program
http://www.grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm

Just my tid bit on this OT Topic

73
John
N5BSD / NNN0OYH
ARRL NTS ORS NTX Digital 

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Al Toothaker
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 11:48 AM
To: kb9cry at comcast.net; towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Popups


To those interested, try the following for suppression of a lot, but not
all, pop-ups. Al

These are sent using the Messenger service integrated into Windows 2000
and XP (try the 'net send' command to see for yourself).To disable the
Messenger service, go to Start --> All Programs --> Administrative Tools
--> Component Services. In Component Services, click on Services
(Local), then on the right side, find Messenger and disable it.Note: not
everyone will have Administrative Tools in the Start menu. You need to
make it visible under Taskbar and Start Menu Properties (right-click on
taskbar --> Properties). The surest way to get to Component Services is
to enter %systemroot%\system32\com\comexp.msc into the command line.