winNT messaging

[JBELL]

there is a way to type in a pop-up type message to any computer on a winNT network...


how is this done?

[scrllock]

something called winpopup perhaps?

[JBELL]

It is native with WinNT - how you do it?

[sjohnson]

Done native from the command prompt:

C:\>net help send
The syntax of this command is:


NET SEND {name | * | /DOMAIN[:name] | /USERS} message


Sends messages to other users, computers, or messaging names
on the network. The Messenger service must be running to receive messages.

You can send a message only to an name that is active on the network.
If the message is sent to a username, that user must be logged on
and running the Messenger service to receive the message.

name Is the username, computername, or messaging name
to send the message to. If the name is a
computername that contains blank characters,
enclose the alias in quotation marks (" ").
* Sends the message to all the names in your group.
/DOMAIN[:name] Sends the message to all the names in the
workstation domain. If name is specified, the
message is sent to all the names in the specified
domain or workgroup.
/USERS Sends the message to all users connected to
the server.
message Is text to be sent as a message.

NET HELP command | MORE displays Help one screen at a time.

C:\>

[JBELL]

it wasn't done in with messenger service - it was apopup window like how it notifys you when a file has printed to a network printer

[sjohnson]

Using the net send command WILL cause a pop-up to appear on the target machine. Just hafta send it from a command prompt. There's prolly an app out there that does the same, but this works - I used to use it all the time at work...

[JBELL]

thank you