how do you send a message....

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skribla

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to a specific computer on your LAN. I heard that there is some way of doing it through DOS or something - its like one of those grey boxes that comes up, with a message and then has an "ok" or "close" button below the message.

cheers,

skribla
 
I believe you're talking about net send?

Go to start>run>cmd and then do "net send" without quotes to see the syntax for the command.
 
Yeah, like Addis said

Code: 
net send computer_name your_message

If I remember correctly, Windows XP disables the messenger service by default. To make sure it's running, go to Start > Run > Services.msc

Look for 'Messenger Service' and ensure it's enabled.
 
skribla said:
to a specific computer on your LAN. I heard that there is some way of doing it through DOS or something - its like one of those grey boxes that comes up, with a message and then has an "ok" or "close" button below the message.

cheers,

skribla
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the easiest way i know to sent a message over a LAN is with Winpopup (should be installed by default just type "winpopup" at the run command (without quotes)
 
When I tried netsend on my network, it didn't work if the computer was running xp service pack 2. Apparently the messaging service is disabled or something like that.
 
click <start> go to <settings> go to <control panel> go to <administrive tools> and dbl click Services then scroll down till you find Messanger, i don't know if it should be enabled automatic or manual
 
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