-=PCTechTalk=- Re: AOL Instant Messenger
- From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 22:57:40 -0500
Black Viper is a good site. I don't see this as a problem. <G> There are
certainly better and more secure ways to intercommunicate on a LAN than
netsend. Netsend *is* free, but, like most free things it has hidden costs.
On Saturday 04 October 2003 10:32 pm, you wrote:
> There's a useful article at www.blackviper.com and he has a PDF that you
> can download. It describes what the services are, how they are defaultly
> set and how you can set them. There are a couple of methods, you can use
> the "safe" settings or the "performance" settings.
>
> I too have shut off the "Messenger" and have had no ill effects. If however
> you are on a network and you shut this down you won't be able to receive or
> send messages to another machine on the network using the messenger
> service.
>
> hth
> zat
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wyatt M. Portendt" <nunyabidness6@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 7:52 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: AOL Instant Messenger
>
> > It's very unlikely that it will be a problem disabled. Mine's been
>
> disabled
>
> > for over a year now with no problems. BEFORE you disable or do anything
>
> with
>
> > any services, right click the service and go to properties. There you
>
> will
>
> > see a tab that shows the dependencies (takes a second to load) and will
>
> show
>
> > you both what other services it needs to run and what services need it to
> > run. IF no services depend on it, then go to the first tab and see what
>
> its
>
> > status is. DON'T kill a running service that other services depend on!!!
> > BAD things can happen. Stop it first, if there are no dependencies, then
> > make it manual or disabled.
> >
> > On Saturday 04 October 2003 11:39 am, you wrote:
> > > try this
> > > You are probably familiar with Windows (a/k/a MSN) Messenger which is
>
> used
>
> > > for Instant Messaging. There is another program called Messenger that
> > > is used in networks to transmit and send Alerter service messages
> > > between clients and servers.
> > > Even though you'll never use it, unless you are on a network, by
> > > default
>
> it
>
> > > is turned on, causing an open hole in your XP firewall for pop-up
> > > advertising to get through. Here's what to do if you want to stop
> > > Messenger...
> > >
> > > Go to Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Services (or Start / Run
>
> and
>
> > > type in "services.msc"). This will bring up a long list of Windows
>
> services
>
> > > that are running or available on your system.
> > >
> > > Find "Messenger" and double click to open the Properties box. In the
> > > "Startup Type" field, change the setting to "Manual". You could choose
> > > "Disable", but if any services depend on Messenger they will fail to
>
> start,
>
> > > so you're better off playing it safe
> > >
> > > > In a message dated 10/4/03 8:24:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > >
> > > > cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> > > > > are you sure it is coming from AIM ??
> > > > > CrisS
> > > >
> > > > Yes...... these are coming in droves from porn sites and drugs
> > > > without prescription sites. Neither of which I have any interest in.
> > > > Seems
>
> like
>
> > > the newest
> > >
> > > > in SPAM.
> > > >
> > > > MJH
>
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