I have messenger service popped up on my new laptop screen everyday that I
never subscribed to. I wonder if anyone could help me how to stop it?
Thanks,
Dan
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Turn off the Messenger service in services panel (Run services.msc), and
disable port 445 by adding the following registry key that does not exist by
default:
Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters
Value: SmbDeviceEnabled
Type: DWORD value (REG_DWORD)
Content: 0 (to disable)