> > > > a) explanation of how the popup on Windows works (for the recipe). > > > > On windows 95 or 98, WinPopup need to be running to receive WinPopup > > messages. With Windows NT or > > Windows XP, you can receive message without starting it. Message will > > automatically appear in a > > small dialog box on the scren when received. > > on nt based systems (NT, Win2000, WinXP, Win2003) the windows messenger service has > to be > running. The default of this service is to automatically starting it at boot time, > but if you > disable this, your popup messages never reach you. > Many people with direct connections to www disabled this, because there are some > tools to spam > over this service. >
thanks for the correction, Tom. i checked, in WinNT/2000/XP there is the 'messenger' service for this purpose. Qiang ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
