send lan message under windows7

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alex

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hello,

i wonder how to send lan message under windows7. I used netsend before but i can't find it under seven.

Does anybody know what can i use to send lan message ?

Thanks =)
 
netsend no longer works in Windows.

I would be VERY careful with 3rd party software.

MSN does the job.
 
hello,

Yes, netsend disappeared and it is not available under windows7.

Maybe you can try dmessage or winpopup to deal with your problem.
 
You can msg like "net send" to domain with my script for XP, Vista, Win7, 2008 server

I wrote a script to make this work, but read the comments in my script because you must enable powershell remote execution on all PCs (ex. via group policy):

@echo off
rem --- John Neumann, 23mar2011
rem --- Vista & Windows 7 msg.exe only works on your local PC or over network
rem --- to Terminal Servers, but you cannot msg.exe remotely to a workstation.
rem --- This script allows you to do like the old pre-vista "net send"
rem --- to send to all PCs and Servers on your Active Directory domain.

rem --- All PCs need powershell remote executions turned on and this
rem --- could be seen as a security risk.
rem --- Put this command into your logon script or group policy:
rem ------ powershell enable-psremoting -force

if '%1'=='' (
echo Usage: netsend.bat "Thing to say to all networked PCs & Servers"
pause
goto :EOF
)

rem --- %%~NXa gets rid of leading directory type \ characters,
rem --- doing filename only (which is PC name in this case)
echo Your taskbar will temporarily have many minimized processes as I send messages.
for /f "usebackq" %%a in ( `net view^|find "\\"` ) do (
echo msg to %%~NXa
rem --- start allows immediate successive launches, /min=minimized
rem --- /normal=don't hog CPU, /time:86400=stay up 24 hours (default=1 minute)
start /MIN /NORMAL "title msg to %%~NXa" powershell -command Invoke-Command -Computername %%~NXa {msg.exe /time:86400 * %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9}
)
echo Your taskbar will temporarily have many minimized processes as I send messages.
echo Each taskbar process will go away as messages complete.

rem --- Done
 
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johnneu said:
I wrote a script to make this work, but read the comments in my script because you must enable powershell remote execution on all PCs (ex. via group policy):

@echo off
rem --- John Neumann, 23mar2011
rem --- Vista & Windows 7 msg.exe only works on your local PC or over network
rem --- to Terminal Servers, but you cannot msg.exe remotely to a workstation.
rem --- This script allows you to do like the old pre-vista "net send"
rem --- to send to all PCs and Servers on your Active Directory domain.

rem --- All PCs need powershell remote executions turned on and this
rem --- could be seen as a security risk.
rem --- Put this command into your logon script or group policy:
rem ------ powershell enable-psremoting -force

if '%1'=='' (
echo Usage: netsend.bat "Thing to say to all networked PCs & Servers"
pause
goto :EOF
)

rem --- %%~NXa gets rid of leading directory type \ characters,
rem --- doing filename only (which is PC name in this case)
echo Your taskbar will temporarily have many minimized processes as I send messages.
for /f "usebackq" %%a in ( `net view^|find "\\"` ) do (
echo msg to %%~NXa
rem --- start allows immediate successive launches, /min=minimized
rem --- /normal=don't hog CPU, /time:86400=stay up 24 hours (default=1 minute)
start /MIN /NORMAL "title msg to %%~NXa" powershell -command Invoke-Command -Computername %%~NXa {msg.exe /time:86400 * %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9}
)
echo Your taskbar will temporarily have many minimized processes as I send messages.
echo Each taskbar process will go away as messages complete.

rem --- Done
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Thank you for your script, but this thread did not need to be aroused.
 
alex said:
hello,

First thanks for you replies.

I downloaded :

- msg.exe : it did not succeed to work on our workstations
- instant messenger : i don't look for tchating
- lan messenger : it works but it is paying
- dmessage on http://eng.dmessage.com/index.html
==>it works but it is paying
- winpopup on http://www.soft3k.com/My-WinPopup-Express-p4935.htm
==> it works but it is paying

i'm still looking for a reluctant freeware solution

thanks for helping me:)
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Must it be LAN? You could got register for Jabber and get Pidgin configured for it.
 
Why not just set up Windows Mail (the replacement for outlook express) to send and receive emails over your network?
 
bigfellla said:
They haven't exactly, its now used under msg.exe

that is all.
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Im bored, i will try it. I used to post messages at work to others on the computer. Tell'em they are goofing off. Not getting enough done on company time. This is a warning. They didn't have a clue.

Then again im wondering why.
They had netsend and also had msg.exe
Why did they eliminate it.
 
Why not simply install Outlook Express for Windows 7 and then create an account in it using SMTP?
On that way you can send and recieve messages by using any valid E-mail address you have.

For example I use XP and on it I use Outlook Express and I have created an account in it to be using my mail address which is " [email protected] " using SMTP and POP3 as a server.

POP3 = pop3.live.com
SMTP = smtp.live.com

It's working perfectly and the thing which is the most important to you...it's free lol :D
 
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