Windows Messenger

[bishop]

I have more than 40 MSMSGS opened ports in my XP Firewall
settings due to Windows Messenger on my home machine. Are
they all really neccassary? Is there any way to prevent
them from dynamically getting created? I have another
machine at work with a static IP address that is
configured exactly the same that only has 2 opened MSMSGS
ports constantly. The number of opened MSMSGS ports on my
home machine always vary. Can anyone tell me why one
machine constantly has only 2 opened ports and one has
more than 20 opened ports at a given time?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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Carey Frisch
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Windows XP - Shell/User

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| I have more than 40 MSMSGS opened ports in my XP Firewall
| settings due to Windows Messenger on my home machine. Are
| they all really neccassary? Is there any way to prevent
| them from dynamically getting created? I have another
| machine at work with a static IP address that is
| configured exactly the same that only has 2 opened MSMSGS
| ports constantly. The number of opened MSMSGS ports on my
| home machine always vary. Can anyone tell me why one
| machine constantly has only 2 opened ports and one has
| more than 20 opened ports at a given time?