messenger service

[parker309]

What are the implications of disabling the messenger servie in NT 4.0? I do not want to get the "print job complete" pop up anymore. Is there going to be anything else affected by the disble?

 

[Nostradamus]

I had that problem as well...<br>If you turn off the messenger service you won´t get any messages at all (through the net send command). If you feel that you don´t need that you can safely turn the feature off.<br>I need that service, so I had to find out why our print server had to send out annoying messeges everytime I needed something printed. <br>On the printer server (I assume windows NT). Start - Setting - Printers. Go to File - Server Properties. Go to Advanced and uncheck the nofity when remote documents are printed.<br><br>hope this helps. <p>Nostradamus<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>

 

[MasterRacker]

I had the messenger service disabled on my entire network and just had to re-enable it for another reason. Evidently the CA Unicenter remote agent uses this service to communicate with distribution servers or staging servers.<br><br>Otherwise Nostradamus is right.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is safe to turn off and should be turned off unless you have a specific reason for it.&nbsp;&nbsp;In our case, we finally ended up with a specific reason to leave it on. <p> Jeff<br><a href=mailto: masterracker@hotmail.com> masterracker@hotmail.com</a><br><a href= > </a><br> Of all the things I've lost in life, I miss my mind the most ...