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You manage 10 computers running Windows Server 2003 for your company. The computers are configured as file and print servers. You work on a desktop computer that is running Windows XP Professional. You use the Performance console on each file and print server to configure alerts that can send notifications when the amount of free space on any logical drive is below 500 megabytes (MB). You configure the alerts to send a network message to your desktop computer. Which service must you ensure is enabled on your desktop computer to receive the alerts?

  1. Messenger

  2. Error Reporting Service

  3. Performance Logs and Alerts

  4. System Event Notification
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Explanation

In Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, the Messenger service (not to be confused with modern messaging apps) is used to receive network alert notifications. The Performance console's alert feature sends messages via this service, so it must be running on the recipient computer.

AI explanation

The Windows Server 2003-era Performance console (System Monitor/Alerts) sends network alert notifications via the legacy "Messenger" service (net send), which must be running on the receiving desktop computer to display the popup alert — this is distinct from the modern "Windows Live Messenger" chat app; it's an old NT-family Windows service for LAN broadcast messages. "Error Reporting Service" handles crash dumps, "Performance Logs and Alerts" is the service that generates the alert on the monitored server (not the receiving desktop), and "System Event Notification" tracks logon/network events, not incoming net-send messages. So Messenger is correct for receiving the alert on the desktop.

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