I use a VISTA BETA 2.
Someone can help ?
We have implemented so many solutions based on 'net send' and the messenger service. As I can see from here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenger_Service
[The Messenger Service is no longer supported from Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn".]
Is there any workaround on this? We really need this service on Vista.
Free NetSend for Vista
http://www.cezeo.com/products/netsend/
LanTalk XP ( full featured replacement )
http://www.cezeo.com/products/lantalk-xp/
use terminal services msg as a replacement
D:\>msg
Send a message to a user.
MSG {username | sessionname | sessionid | @filename | *}
[/SERVER: servername] [/TIME: seconds] [/V] [/W] [message]
username Identifies the specified username.
sessionname The name of the session.
sessionid he ID of the session.
@filename Identifies a file containing a list of usernames,
sessionnames, and sessionids to send the message to.
* Send message to all sessions on specified server.
/SERVER: servername server to contact (default is current).
/TIME: seconds Time delay to wait for receiver to acknowledge msg.
/V Display information about actions being performed.
/W Wait for response from user, useful with /V.
message Message to send. If none specified, prompts for it
or reads from stdin.
Syntax: msg @filename.txt type your message here
Windows 2003 AD domain
The problem with msg is that you cannot send a network broadcast with it. It only seems to work for TS sessions on a single server. Not very helpful if you have 400 users on real PC's
msg console "Time to stretch"
or
msg /SERVER:computername console "Time to stretch"
