Microsoft KB Archive/132524

= Popup Message Queue Can Only Receive 6 Messages =

Article ID: 132524

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q132524



SYMPTOMS
The messenger service accepts and displays at the most six messages. If it receives more than six messages, and if the previous messages are not acknowledged (by choosing the OK button in the popup window), all messages sent after the sixth message are ignored and not displayed.

This can also show up with other combinations of messages and confirmations, such as in the following transaction example:

  Sent                  Acknowledged  Displayed ---  NET SEND USER1 Test1  None          Yes NET SEND USER1 Test2 None          Yes NET SEND USER1 Test3 None          Yes NET SEND USER1 Test4 None          Yes NET SEND USER1 Test5 None          Yes NET SEND USER1 Test6 None          Yes NET SEND USER1 Test7 None          No           Test1         N/A NET SEND USER1 Test8 None          Yes (Test7 not displayed) NET SEND USER1 Test9 None          No



CAUSE
The maximum queue size for the messenger service is hardcoded to five (starting at zero).



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, acknowledge each message as it appears by choosing OK, to prevent the message queue from reaching its maximum size.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: prodnt 3.50 3.51 pop up pop-up

Keywords: kbprb KB132524

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