Re: stopping messenger service? help please.......

From: Gordon (me6_at_privacy.net)
Date: 04/05/04 

Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 13:20:15 +0100

Mik cogitated deeply and scribbled thusly:
> Administrative Tools \ Services and set the Messenger service to
> Disabled. Reboot.
>
> Mik
>
> "Debbie Wilson" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5C75CAC1-2063-44BA-B25E-DB85E5C315AD@microsoft.com...
>
>>how can i stop these from coming up? they are really making me mad.
>
> any help would be great please.....
>
>>thank you,
>>debbie wilson
>
>
>
But that only stops the symptoms - it does NOT stop the cause, which is
open NetBIOS ports. The ONLY way to stop that is a firewall.
Please do NOT give half-baked advice.

Thank you.

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