The Windows messaging service, originally intended for receiving and transmitting administrative notifications and notifications about events of various subsystems (printing, power management, etc.), with the spread of the Internet began to be used for sending spam. Therefore, in modern versions of Windows, this service is disabled by default. However, sometimes, for one purpose or another, it is necessary to enable the messenger service.
Necessary
administrative rights on the local machine
Instructions
Step 1
Open the Services snap-in in Computer Management Console. Start the console. To do this, enter the control panel by clicking on the "Start" button and selecting the items "Settings", "Control Panel" in the menu. Go to the "Administration" folder by double-clicking on the shortcut with the corresponding name in the control panel window. Find the "Computer Management" shortcut. Double-click on it, or select the "Open" item in the context menu. In the "Computer Management" window that appears, expand the "Services and Applications" element of the component tree. Highlight Services. The interface of the required snap-in will appear in the right part of the program window.
Step 2
In the list of services, find and highlight the item with the name "Messaging Service". Use the ability to sort the list for faster searches. Click on the "Name" section of the heading to sort the contents alphabetically.
Step 3
Open the messaging service management window. Right-click on the selected item in the list. In the context menu that appears, select the "Properties" item.
Step 4
Change the startup type of the messenger service. Click on the "Startup type" drop-down list. Select the "Auto" item if the service should start automatically every time the operating system starts. Select the type "Manual" if the service should start on demand. Click the Apply button. After completing this action, the "Start" button will become active.
Step 5
Turn on the messenger service. Click the Start button. Wait until the process of starting the service is finished. Click the OK button in the properties dialog. Close the Computer Management window.
Step 6
Check if the messenger service is running. Open a cmd shell window. Click on the "Start" button. From the menu, select Run. In the text box in the window that appears, enter the string cmd. Click OK and send a test message to your computer. In the shell window, enter a command of the form:
net send IP_address message_text
where IP_address is the current network address of the machine, and message_text is an arbitrary character string enclosed in double quotes. If the message was successfully sent, a line with the corresponding text will be displayed in the console, and a window with the sent message will appear on the screen.
