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Message system in XP?
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try "net send" from the command line. Relies on Messenger Service being running on all your workstations. Example:
net send workstation1 Please log off and go home.
Pops up a window with that message.
You can also specify to send to the whole domain, like so:
net send /DOMAIN:domainname Please log off and go home.
net send workstation1 Please log off and go home.
Pops up a window with that message.
You can also specify to send to the whole domain, like so:
net send /DOMAIN:domainname Please log off and go home.
Yes, there is a network messaging system built in and... in my experience, it works very well for individual and/or broadcast messages.
The commandline 'net send' syntax suggested by chipk works ok but I suggest you also have a look at utilities like NetSendGUI (see
Hope this helps...
The commandline 'net send' syntax suggested by chipk works ok but I suggest you also have a look at utilities like NetSendGUI (see
Hope this helps...
Other communicators inbuilt.
Winchat.exe
NetMeeting (Conf.exe)
Net Send (From a Command Prompt)
Third party tools.
And some more here.
Is there a good alternative to NET SEND for Intranet messaging
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Winchat.exe
NetMeeting (Conf.exe)
Net Send (From a Command Prompt)
Third party tools.
And some more here.
Is there a good alternative to NET SEND for Intranet messaging
thread779-1075637
The Windows messenger service will be disabled in new versions of Windows for security reasons. You will have to enable it on all the comptuers if its not enabled.
Ive used VCM Messanger before. Its a free network messanger program. The only problem is you will have to set it up on each workstation. It may be a pain if you have a lot of computers.
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Ive used VCM Messanger before. Its a free network messanger program. The only problem is you will have to set it up on each workstation. It may be a pain if you have a lot of computers.
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i had been using net send command using a .vbs script. and it worked nicely. but after having received several windows updates lately, it stopped functioning. when i use the command prompt, it says it can not execute the command. any idea why this is?
here's the script if anybody is interested:
rem -------------------------------------------------------
rem windows lan messenger: works by using dos "net send pcname msg"
rem -------------------------------------------------------
Set wshshell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
title = "W I N D O W S L A N M E S S E N G E R"
msg0 = InputBox("T Y P E Y O U R M E S S A G E", title)
pcname = Inputbox("TYPE COMPUTER NAME YOU WANT TO MSG", title)
wholemsg = "net send " & pcname & " " & msg0
if msg0 > "" then
wshshell.Run("cmd.exe /c " & wholemsg)
end if
rem -------------------------------------------------------
rem windows lan messenger: works by using dos "net send pcname msg"
rem -------------------------------------------------------
Set wshshell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
title = "W I N D O W S L A N M E S S E N G E R"
msg0 = InputBox("T Y P E Y O U R M E S S A G E", title)
pcname = Inputbox("TYPE COMPUTER NAME YOU WANT TO MSG", title)
wholemsg = "net send " & pcname & " " & msg0
if msg0 > "" then
wshshell.Run("cmd.exe /c " & wholemsg)
end if
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Is Windows messenger the same as windows messenger? Is this a trick question? 
There 3 messengers.
Messenger service,
Windows messenger,
& MSN Messenger.
The first is built-in to all versions of Windows from NT4 and above. It's crap, it should be disabled, don't use it.
This is what works with the DOS "net send" commands.
You can check for it by opening msconfig and checking the startup tab. This is the one that is (thankfully) disabled now with SP2 and later XP builds.
Windows messenger comes with 2k and XP, but isn't a service and is found in the add/remove programs>windows components.
It looks just like MSN messenger to me. I actually have never used it and do not know what networks it works with.
Then you have MSN messenger which looks pretty much the same but was made to work with MSN and .NET.
There 3 messengers.
Messenger service,
Windows messenger,
& MSN Messenger.
The first is built-in to all versions of Windows from NT4 and above. It's crap, it should be disabled, don't use it.
This is what works with the DOS "net send" commands.
You can check for it by opening msconfig and checking the startup tab. This is the one that is (thankfully) disabled now with SP2 and later XP builds.
Windows messenger comes with 2k and XP, but isn't a service and is found in the add/remove programs>windows components.
It looks just like MSN messenger to me. I actually have never used it and do not know what networks it works with.
Then you have MSN messenger which looks pretty much the same but was made to work with MSN and .NET.
>>>>>>Windows messenger comes with 2k and XP, but isn't a service and is found in the add/remove programs>windows components.<<<<<<
you can have that show up in add/remove programs by editing sysoc.inf file in i386 folder. the entry for messenger looks like this:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
change hide to null, for the entry to read like this:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7
note the 2 commas after removing hide
after this, the meseenger will show up in add/remove programs.
you can have that show up in add/remove programs by editing sysoc.inf file in i386 folder. the entry for messenger looks like this:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,hide,7
change hide to null, for the entry to read like this:
msmsgs=msgrocm.dll,OcEntry,msmsgs.inf,,7
note the 2 commas after removing hide
after this, the meseenger will show up in add/remove programs.
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