How to Disable Pop-up Dialog Boxes in Windows NT

ID: Q148991

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 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:
  1. 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.

Additional query words: prodnt popup

Keywords : nthowto
Version : 3.5 3.51
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type :


Last Reviewed: February 12, 1999
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