NT LM Services Blocking

[Guest]

A pop-up asked if I'd like to terminate NT LM Services (or something
similar) as they are not normaly needed and reducing the attack surface is
always good. I agreed but I left the always remember box checked (unusual for
me and very dumb). Lo and Behold, I need that service to run.
So, I went into services and tried to restart it. EEENNHHHH!!! My guess
is, Antispy has locked it somehow. I checked the blocked thingies in the
program and nothing is listed under any of them anywhere. No block points. I
shut off Antispy and tried starting the service. Still locked!

 

[Bill Sanderson]

You are talking about the messenger service.

Responding to that popup simply disables startup of the messenger service.
This is completely reversable, via services.msc--in fact, I've just done it.

 

[Randy Knobloch]

A pop-up asked if I'd like to terminate NT LM Services (or something
similar) as they are not normaly needed and reducing the attack surface is
always good. I agreed but I left the always remember box checked (unusual for
me and very dumb). Lo and Behold, I need that service to run.
So, I went into services and tried to restart it. EEENNHHHH!!! My guess
is, Antispy has locked it somehow. I checked the blocked thingies in the
program and nothing is listed under any of them anywhere. No block points. I
shut off Antispy and tried starting the service. Still locked!

<quote>
NT LM Security Support Provider (DISABLE) - Not necessary unless you use Message
Queuing or a Telnet server.
</quote>
*If* this is the (exact) service to which you refer!
As Bill said, run "services.msc" from your Run > Dialog box.
Scroll to the service > Start-up Type > "disabled" > Service Status > Stopped,
Apply both and OK your way out.

Do so at your own peril...

Silj

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[Guest]

Hi Randy

What is going on with BlackVipers page ?

Been down for weeks now ;( Any rumours ?

 

[Randy Knobloch]

Hi Randy

What is going on with BlackVipers page ?

Been down for weeks now ;( Any rumours ?

It was up for a while, actually I'm surprised to hear that it's down
again - you can find a kind-of-mirror of his site at Major Geeks.
Proceed with extreme caution tweaking your services!
http://majorgeeks.com/page.php?id=12

Happy tweaking!
Silj

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[plun]

Hi Silj / (Randy)

I am trying to convience some "extreme tweakers" that
they must learn what all services is used for before they tweak.

And Black Viper is a excellent place for that to learn and
a quick reference to check.

Mostly gamers which wants milliseconds extra

 

[Randy Knobloch]

Hi Silj / (Randy)

I am trying to convience some "extreme tweakers" that
they must learn what all services is used for before they tweak.

And Black Viper is a excellent place for that to learn and
a quick reference to check.

Mostly gamers which wants milliseconds extra

Hmmm... OK - try this on for size
http://snipurl.com/iixl

Silj

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