Hi All,

Hi All,
Rather than turn off the Messenger service you can stop the messages by turning off the NetBios over TCP/IP.

If you are just connecting to the internet for browsing and run win 2K or newer you don't need netbios running.

How to ?
Its a tick box

Where ?
Simple : Settings > Network And Dial-Up Connections,
Connection to the internet > Properties,
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) > Properties > Advanced,
WINS
Here you will see three options
1. Enable NetBios over TCP/IP
2. Disable NetBios over TCP/IP
3. Use NetBios settings from the DHCP server

Since this is the network connection from your PC to your ISP, the third option is normally selected as default.
Change the selection to option 2.

Reboot.

Problem solved.

Enjoy
Posted by Neil at 2003-08-11 01:53:09
Commented on
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