How to disable messenger service or enable it

For Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 only! Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 have no messenger service at all!

Messenger service has been designed to receive short text messages over local network. It's easy, useful and free tool to receive messages from the other computers, network administrator or management team in your LAN e.t.c.

Since Windows XP Service Pack 2, messenger service is disabled due to spam vulnerability in the message delivery mechanism. Microsoft has decided to remove Messenger service from Windows Vista and all newer systems after that. However Messenger service has been replaced by msg command.

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First of all, you should launch Services panel to access Messenger service ( Alerter ).

1. Click on the Start button.
2. Click on the Run item in the Start menu or press the following keys: Win + R, Run box will appear after that.
3. Type in the Run box: services.msc /s and hit OK, Services Panel will appear.

Now you can disable (or enable) Messenger service here.

1. Find the Messenger string and select it.
2. Click on the Properties button on the Services panel toolbar, the service properties box will appear.
3. Set the Startup type to disabled, click on the Stop button and finish it by the Apply button.