XP SP2 & NBTSTAT

Before the installation of SP2 it was possible to NBTSTAT XP PCs and
retrieve the logged on user id.

After installing SP2 the logged on user id is no longer returned.

This problem is sometimes resolved by setting up the "Messenger" service
so that it automatically starts, I believe SP2 disabled it.

What can be done on PCs that have SP2 & the "Messenger" service running
but still do not return the logged on user after running NBTSTAT?

What else does the installation of SP2 do to affect the PC in this way?

Any help on this is welcome

Simon W.

SimonW wrote:

> Before the installation of SP2 it was possible to NBTSTAT XP PCs and
> retrieve the logged on user id.
>
> After installing SP2 the logged on user id is no longer returned.
>
> This problem is sometimes resolved by setting up the "Messenger" service
> so that it automatically starts, I believe SP2 disabled it.
>
> What can be done on PCs that have SP2 & the "Messenger" service running
> but still do not return the logged on user after running NBTSTAT?
Hi,

If all you want is to retrieve the logged on user id, here is a
couple of other alternatives (VBScript examples):

http://groups.google.com/groups?sel...FTNGP10.phx.gbl

http://groups.google.com/groups?sel...FTNGP15.phx.gbl



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