Simple Network Management Protocol(SNMP) is an application which operates in the application layer of Internet protocol suite,which is an UDP based protocol used by network administrators using which management information is been exchanged between network devices.
SNMP is disabled in windows based operating systems by default.
This method works for enabling SNMP in windows 7,Windows Vista,Windows XP,Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 also
here is the step by step procedure to enable it
1)Go to Control Panel by clicking on the start button in the desktop there click on the control panel option
2)Cick on Uninstall a Program(Note: If you are in the tile View then select programs and features)
3)Click on Turn Windows Features On/Off and there select the SNMP option to be enabled and click ok. The software or the application then installs after the installation it asks for restart so restart your system and after the restart the SNMP ( Simple Network Management Protocol) will be active in the operating system.
And to use the SNMP service for sending trap messages
* Type services.msc in the start search box and click on it
* In the services select the SNMP service and right click on it to properties
* Click on the TRAP tab
* Select Community Name Box and in it tyep the community name
* Click on add to list and apply it.
this above method will be used for sending the trap messages using the SNMP application on windows 7 or some other Windows operating system.