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Net send is gone, which is a bummer. msg.exe is giving us all kinds of headaches, and we can't get it to send a single message to an entire domain, so it's not quite the same and doesn't suit our purposes. What are you, the experts, using instead? There's the obvious blast email, but what if we want to send out a message about how their email server has gone offline?
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Steve Knight
Lync is Expensive for just an IM solution. try instead using Openfire. it's a great open source piece of software that's very easy to deploy and configure.
Plus it has almost all the functionalists as Lync since it supports RTC protocol.
here's the download link
http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/
Installation guide.
http://www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/documentation/install-guide.html
Plus it has almost all the functionalists as Lync since it supports RTC protocol.
here's the download link
http://www.igniterealtime.org/projects/openfire/
Installation guide.
http://www.igniterealtime.org/builds/openfire/docs/latest/documentation/install-guide.html
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Most simple way is lan messaging tool like Softros http://messenger.softros.com
It works in all windows versions, has offline messaging mode, app doesn't require a server.
It works in all windows versions, has offline messaging mode, app doesn't require a server.
pstools are the best
use psexec.exe to send to dedicated computer or use dsquery to find out all machine and send too all of them (need some rework)
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/scriptcenter/en-US/b17e43df-1d7e-4a06-bc7b-9e260a31fd0a/message-to-remote-computers?forum=ITCG
use psexec.exe to send to dedicated computer or use dsquery to find out all machine and send too all of them (need some rework)
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/scriptcenter/en-US/b17e43df-1d7e-4a06-bc7b-9e260a31fd0a/message-to-remote-computers?forum=ITCG
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Sorry, I was a bit vague with the question. We need a network messenger that will behave exactly like "net send *", so no IMs are going to do it for us. If we can get msg.exe to work, that's great, but it needs to be really simple, like net send *. Is there a way to turn on the messenger service so that net send will work again?
I think this is what you are asking?
If you want to send the message to all logged users, use this command:
msg * Please, save your work. Server maintenance!
If you want to send the message to all logged users, use this command:
msg * Please, save your work. Server maintenance!
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Tried that just now from our domain server and it only made a message appear on the screen of that server. If we can get that same message to appear on the screens of every workstation that's joined to the domain and online, that would be what we're after.
The method mentioned should send a message to all logged users on that particular server. It is meant for use on a TS. This will NOT fulfill the actual requirement if you have multiple TS's.
There is this option: http://www.fomine.com/net-send-gui.html however I have not tried it.
There is this option: http://www.fomine.com/net-send-gui.html however I have not tried it.
I still haven't had a chance to try it on a proper domain setup but have you tried the Microsoft script I mentioned above?
Steve
Steve
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Sorry about missing that, Steve. That was absolutely the answer and it worked great in a controlled test. Are there any security risks we should be aware of? I went through the Q&A on the script's website and everything looks okay, just wondering how it's been working for you if you've tried it.
Did you have any luck in a real environment btw, I haven't tried outside test machines yet frankly.
Steve
Steve
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