How do I send a message to my network

[NiamhMc]

I am looking to find out how to send a general message around our building. One that will flash up on everyones PC.

 

[ReddLefty]

do NET SEND /? in a command prompt and you will get the instructions.

example: NET SEND /DOMAIN:yourdomain SERVER GOING DOWN IN 2 MINS!!!



"In space, nobody can hear you click..."

 

[Sky14657]

If you have to send within a NT-system (2k or xp), ReddLefty said everything needed. If you have some Win 95/98 clients, they need to run Winpop to get the message.

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[ReddLefty]

Thanks for clearing that up Sky.. I didn't mention it because this is the Windows 2000 forum ;-)



"In space, nobody can hear you click..."

 

[tizigman]

This is a nice window form to do it in. Just open notepad and save it as a .vbs file.

Set WshShl = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Recipient = InputBox("Type the username or computer name " &_
"that the message is to be sent: ")
MsgText = InputBox("Type your message: ")
WshShl.Run "Net Send " & Recipient & " " & MsgText