Many Windows XP users encounter a pop-up dialog box when surfing the Internet. These so-called "messenger service" will not only interrupt our thinking, but also the content is often some commercial advertisements, which is quite annoying. In fact, in Windows XP, the main function of the "messenger service" is to transmit the Net Send and Alerter service messages between the client and the server. However, because it is activated by default, some vendors and websites use this to obtain our IP addresses and send a large amount of advertising and junk information. If you don't like it, close it by yourself (it is said that Microsoft has disabled this rare "messenger" in Windows XP SP2 ").
Choose Start> Control Panel> performance and maintenance> Management Tools> services, and right-click Alerter (usually the first item in the list, select "stop" from the menu to disable the "Alerter" service. Drag the scroll bar and find the "Messenger" service. Right-click "Messenger" and choose "stop" from the shortcut menu ".
Note that the "startup type" of the "Messenger" service is "automatic", which means that even if we disable the "Messenger" service, after the next Windows startup, the service is automatically loaded again. The solution is to double-click it and set "start type" to "manual" in the displayed dialog box ".
Of course, if you think these operations are still too complex, you can use the command line method to close the "messenger" by clicking "start> Run ", enter "net stop messenger" in the "open" input box and press enter to disable "messenger service ". If you need to use the "courier service" again in the future, enter "net start messenger" in the "open" input box and press enter. The method for stopping and starting the "Alerter" service is actually the same. You only need to change the value after "net stop" to "Alerter.
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