The description in the Services windows says "Sends and receives messages transmitted by administrators or by the Alerter service."
>Now for the big question Dmitry (and Craig)...
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>What "IS" "Messenger"???
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>How would I know that it's 'safe' to be turned off?
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Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer