Sorry to bother you with such a trivial matter, but it's driving me crazy. While at the fileserver (running Win2K, SP4 and Exchange2K, SP3), logged on as adminstrator, I'd like to send a quick message to an individual computer on my network that will popup over any existing windows. I know NET SEND is supposed to work, and, if I choose to send the message to ALL computers on the network, like this:
NET SEND * "This is a test"
It works fine. When I try to send it to an individual computer, it doesn't work. I get the message "The message alias could not be found on the network".
According to the help text for NET SEND, you are supposed to be able to use either the Computer Name, User Name or Messaging Name. If there is a space in the name, surrounding it with quotes should make it work.
OK, so if I look at my own user definition on the server in Active Directory Users and Computers, I see that my username is "John Smith" (uh, name changed to protect the ignorant!). My display name is "John", my user logon name is John@mydomain.local, and my pre-windows 2000 user logon name is "DOMAIN\john". My exchange alias is "john". If I just look at the list of users under Active Directory Users and Computers, I'm listed as "John Smith". If I go into Computer Management on the server and look for active sessions, my user name is listed as "JOHN", and my workstation computer is listed as "123-100".
On my XP-Pro (SP1) workstation under the System Properties, "Computer Name" tab, my Computer Description is "John Smith", and my Full computer name is "123-100.Mydomain.local"
I've checked and both the server and my workstation are running the messenger service.
I have tried:
net send John "This is a test"
net send John This is a test
net send "John Smith" "This is a test"
net send "John Smith" This is a test
net send john@mydomain.local "This is a test"
net send john@mydomain.local This is a test
net send DOMAIN\John This is a test
net send DOMAIN\John "This is a test"
net send "DOMAIN\John" "This is a test"
net send "DOMAIN\John" This is a test
net send john "This is a test"
net send john This is a test
net send 123-100 This is a test
net send 123-100 "This is a test"
net send "123-100" This is a test
net send "123-100" "This is a test"
net send "123-100.Mydomain.local" "This is a test"
net send 123-100.Mydomain.local "This is a test"
All of these attempts are met with the same "The message alias could not be found on the network" error.
I checked again, and my workstation (along with everyone else who is running the messenger service on their workstation) gets the popup when I send it to everyone using
net send * "This is a test"
What in the fritz am I doing wrong here?[b/]
Thanks!
NET SEND * "This is a test"
It works fine. When I try to send it to an individual computer, it doesn't work. I get the message "The message alias could not be found on the network".
According to the help text for NET SEND, you are supposed to be able to use either the Computer Name, User Name or Messaging Name. If there is a space in the name, surrounding it with quotes should make it work.
OK, so if I look at my own user definition on the server in Active Directory Users and Computers, I see that my username is "John Smith" (uh, name changed to protect the ignorant!). My display name is "John", my user logon name is John@mydomain.local, and my pre-windows 2000 user logon name is "DOMAIN\john". My exchange alias is "john". If I just look at the list of users under Active Directory Users and Computers, I'm listed as "John Smith". If I go into Computer Management on the server and look for active sessions, my user name is listed as "JOHN", and my workstation computer is listed as "123-100".
On my XP-Pro (SP1) workstation under the System Properties, "Computer Name" tab, my Computer Description is "John Smith", and my Full computer name is "123-100.Mydomain.local"
I've checked and both the server and my workstation are running the messenger service.
I have tried:
net send John "This is a test"
net send John This is a test
net send "John Smith" "This is a test"
net send "John Smith" This is a test
net send john@mydomain.local "This is a test"
net send john@mydomain.local This is a test
net send DOMAIN\John This is a test
net send DOMAIN\John "This is a test"
net send "DOMAIN\John" "This is a test"
net send "DOMAIN\John" This is a test
net send john "This is a test"
net send john This is a test
net send 123-100 This is a test
net send 123-100 "This is a test"
net send "123-100" This is a test
net send "123-100" "This is a test"
net send "123-100.Mydomain.local" "This is a test"
net send 123-100.Mydomain.local "This is a test"
All of these attempts are met with the same "The message alias could not be found on the network" error.
I checked again, and my workstation (along with everyone else who is running the messenger service on their workstation) gets the popup when I send it to everyone using
net send * "This is a test"
What in the fritz am I doing wrong here?[b/]
Thanks!