NET SEND in Windows XP

Have you ever tried doing a NET SEND to an XP machine and it didn’t work?  That XP machine might have Service Pack 2 installed.  My default, the messeneger service is disabled on XP Service Pack 2.

Do the following to enable the messenger service:

1. Start button
2. Run
3. Type services.msc
4. Scroll down to the Messenger service
5. Right-click and select Start

If you want like the messenger service to start automatically after every reboot, do the following:

1. Right-click the Messenger service and select properties
2. In the general tab, select Automatic for the startup type
3. Click Apply and OK

Tags: messenger service, net send, service pack 2, SP2, windows, xp

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