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by mmew

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Does NT has a broadcast command for broadcasting a message for a specific node on the network besides another server?

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by timthetoolman

Hi,

Yes, you can use the net send command to do that.

E:\Documents and Settings\Tim Medhurst>net send /?
The syntax of this command is:

NET SEND
{name | * | /DOMAIN[:name] | /USERS} message

So in your case you might do a...

net send PCNAME "Hi User of PCNAME"

where PCNAME is the netbios name of the PC you wish to send to - it doesn't have to be a server!

There is one thing to note, though. You cant broadcast to Windows98 machnies unless they've started "winpopup" on their machine. Winpopup doesn't get started by default.

Hope this helps,
Cheers,
Tim.

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