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The problem here is that when you use a net send command it is sent to the messenger service on the workstations. This is fine on NT4/Win2K as the service is started and running and registered in WINS so it works. Windows 9x does not have a messanger service as such, but to make this work you can install File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks on all your machines - this adds the relevent components, but is obviously not desirable.

Not sure how to do it otherwise.

Well..I see you rejected the below solution but guess what. It is partially correct. 95 and 98 clients can only receive net send messages if their common NETBIOS name is registered with either a WINS server or a LMHOSTS/HOSTS file. This task takes place when you add File & Print sharing for Microsoft Networks. There is a manual way to register the PC name of currently logged in users to that list but it is too long to explain here.

Jump on microsoft support's page and check out any articles that cover:

Microsoft Networking Browser System for WIN98/95.

You need to have WinPopup installed and running to send messages to those machines. WinPopup is part of windows, so you can go to the "Add/Remove Programs" control panel, choose "Windows Setup" and find it in there.

Hope this helps.

This was very helpful and will solve this for me. Thanks to those that answered and tech republic for this TOOL.

Rick Otto MCSE IIS