Popup Message Queue Can Only Receive 6 Messages
Article ID: 132524
Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006
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
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
<Nothing Sent> 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.
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