Sending message to all computers on a workgroup

[JoosMan 0]

Kinda a dumb question, is there a way to send a little message to all the computers in a workgroup in winxp. i know of the net send command but can only figure out how to send a message to one computer. i would like the solution to be native to windows and not an extra program.

p.s. we are not part of a domain on the network

 

thanks

.~j0Os~.

[JoosMan 0]

Well i guess i will answer this one by myself

 

net send /domain:'workgroup name' message

 

so if you wanted to tell the MSHOME workgroup Hello you would type

 

net send /domain:MSHOME Hello

 

Hope that helps others too!

 

.~j0Os~.

[Jason B 0]

Winpopup will work too.

[Admiral LSD 0]

WinPopup doesn't come with XP

 

And even if it did it has to be running on every machine on the network and since it can't be minimised to the tray it'll get closed by accident all the time. NET SEND is porbably a better idea but only if all the machines on the network are running XP.

[vern2 0]

net send * msg

 

I belive that will send msg to everyone, never really tried it on a workgroup though, heh.

[bytemangler 0]

great program. I use it and it work great. Net send * "message" will work too but you're limited on how many characters you can type.

[JoosMan 0]

AlecStaar, Id love to try it, my email is JoosMan_55@yahoo.com if it doesnt show here in the forum. does everyone on the network have to install it first?

 

thanks for everyone's help

.~j0Os~.

[Klark 0]

Quote:

net send * msg

I belive that will send msg to everyone, never really tried it on a workgroup though, heh.

Yes vern2 you are correct, but I too have never tried it on a workgroup....but I use it all the time on our domain.