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by papa smurf

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We run a WinNT 4.0 network with WinNt 4.0 on all workstations. There is a person who sends instant messages to other people but the messages are not logging into the registry. They are usually stored at Hkey/users/software/microsoft/windows/currentversion.explorer/runmru. Is there another place the messages could be stored or do I have to initilize something on the persons pc to force the messages to stay in the registry.

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by rapidad

Forgive us, but why do you want to store messages in registry?? Addresses maybe but not messages. MRU stands for most recent used, and thi is supposed to be written over all the time. What IM are you using??

by danprem

The Registry entry that you are talking about stores the most recently commands that you ran from the "Run" window (start -> run).

This is registry is used to populate the dropdown list that you see in the "run" window. You will only see mmessages that you typed in from that window.

Perhaps, your friend used some other tool or the command window to send messages. In such a case those messages will not be seen in the registry.

by it boy

I believe what may be talked about here is the Messenger/alerter service, i.e., NET SEND. According to MS KB article Q102968, the messages are not logged.
Messenger Service
Parameters in Values in CurrentControlSet\Services
LANMAN.INI [messenger] \LanmanServer\Parameters

logfile Messages are not stored
sizmessbuf Set by operating system

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