I could be wrong but AFAIK, NT can't send messages to other workstations unless WinPopup is installed. This was an old utility and I don't know if its still in use.

As for Novell, if you go under Control Panel - Network - Services and select the Novell Client for NT and click on the Properties button, there is a setting under the Advanced Settings: Receive Broadcast Messages. The default setting is to receive them from a Server Only distinguishing it as more important. You can set this to None to block all messages.

This is NT4 using Novell 4.X's client.

HTH.

>I have an NT4 workstation that runs 24/7 running an application. Ocassionally I received broadcast messages from the network that can interrupt the application running on the workstation. I have managed to stop them all, except one.
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>Workstation Info: The workstation is connected to a network with a mix of Netware and NT servers. The workstation has the Netware client for NT on it.
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>Here is the description of the window that pops up.
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>Title: Messenger Service
>Text: Message from Powerchutte@NTS-FNDN1 to VGH on 2/16/01 3:17PM. UPS batteries at NTS-FNDN1 are discharged.
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>I think it is from an NT server on the network. It is out of my hands to prevent that server from sending messages, but how can prevent this station from receiving them.