How to Disable Pop-up Dialog Boxes in Windows NT (148991)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51

This article was previously published under Q148991
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: 122160
TITLE: Disabling Printing Notification Dialog Boxes in Windows NT 3.5x.


Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/16/2003
Keywords:KB148991