sending messages from server to clients

[honeypot]

Hello .. Can anyone help? I have a win2k server and want to be able to send out messages from the server to client machines..i cant use email because not all clients have email access.. i would like to be able to send out a message that will appear on the client desktop immediately. How do I do this?
Thank you.

 

[LoveM]

Hi,

From the W2K server, Start, Run, "cmd" this will take you to a Command Prompt. From there type "net send /DOMAINthen your domain name) (then the message)" If you have Admin right you can also do this from your workstation.

Hope this helps,

M.

 

[paco77]

Hi,
Did you try a "net send" ?

 

[yizhar]

HI!

Note that net send normaly works only with NT/2000 workstations.
In Win9X there is a WinPopUp application which is not installed by default, but this one is not such a good product.

Bye
Yizhar
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[honeypot]

Ok thanx very much haven't had chance to try it out yet, but will do when i go back into work on monday...just out of curiosity, does the message have to be enclosed in speech marks or anything? also, is there a space between the domain name and the message?
the client machines are mostly 2000 and nt but we do have a few win98 machines too...how will i get it to work on these?
thanx again

Christine

 

[honeypot]

thanx very much..it worked on all the nt and 2k machines...next i'll need to know how to do the same on a 98 pc??

 

[yizhar]

HI!

You can install WINPOPUP on Win98 clients, from
Contrl Panel - Add/Remove Programs - Windows Setup - System Tools.
Then you can run it minimized from the startup folder.
I haven't tried it but it should comunicate with the other NT/2000 machines.

Bye
Yizhar
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http://teachers.sivan.co.il/yizhar