How to Disable Pop-up Dialog Boxes in Windows NT

Last reviewed: September 11, 1997
Article ID: Q148991

3.5 3.51 WINDOWS kbusage

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5 and 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5 and 3.51

To send pop-up messages among Windows NT computers and network client computers, use the NET SEND command from the MS-DOS command prompt in Windows NT as follows:

   net send <computer_name> "<message>"

The quotation marks are optional.

It is also possible to disable the pop-up dialog boxes. To do this, you must stop the Messenger service as follows:

In Control Panel, double-click Services.

2. Select the Messenger service. 3. Click Stop.

-or-

Run the following at the command prompt:

   net stop messenger

WARNING:The Alerter service requires the Messenger service. The event log may report a "dependency service error". The Windows NT "System Guide," page 163, states that the Alerter and Messenger services must be started for a computer to generate a UPS alert.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE ID: Q122160
   TITLE: Disabling Printing Notification Dialog Boxes in Windows NT 3.5x.

KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: nthowto
Additional reference words: prodnt 3.50 3.51 popup
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Version : 3.5 3.51
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: September 11, 1997
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