Specify the Schedule for Alerter Service (Windows NT/2000/XP)

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Specify the Schedule for Alerter Service (Windows NT/2000/XP)
Category: Home > Network

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This setting is used to specify how often the server checks alert conditions and sends any required alert messages to administrative users.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'AlertSched, ErrorThreshold, NetworkErrorThreshold' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

Note: By default alert messages are sent every 5 minutes, unless 10 alerts are pending or 5% of all network operations generate an error.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
AlertSched	REG_DWORD	0x00000005 (5)
ErrorThreshold	REG_DWORD	0x0000000A (10)
NetworkErrorThreshold	REG_DWORD	0x00000005 (5)


	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parame...

Settings:

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\
Parameters]
Name: AlertSched, ErrorThreshold, NetworkErrorThreshold
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: 1 to 65535 minutes

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: March 26, 2002

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