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How do you enable the send console message in windows 2003

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by pmgee

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by captbilly1eye

The messenger service is disabled by default. You can enable it by starting the Service.
Open Services.msc, find the Messenger service, start it and change it to Automatic. You can then do a net send message to your other machines.

For what it's worth... Here's a freeware program that might be of value. It's called QuickMessenger:
http://tinyurl.com/2a6fvz

It uses the Net send command to send messages to one or more workstations. Here's more info on Net Send: http://tinyurl.com/ybbpd7

I hope this helps. Please let me know.

by pmgee

Thanks man, it works! there is also a command which you can perform to enable, but it is very long winded. Your suggestion is quite straight forward. Thanks again!

by mikerieder

go to a command prompt and type the following:

CD \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32

REGSVR32 SENDCMSG.DLL

Click OK to the message and then type EXIT. It should now appear when you right click on "Shares" in "File Server Management".

mikerieder@comcast.net

by nubia.arizmendi

Hi,
What can I do if my network is under active directory for sending messages from the server?
I tried what you suggested above but I get errors.... My server is in 2003 and workstations in XP. I've tried the program Quick Messenger, but it doesn't work for me either.

thanks,

by cg it

service is off by default. In a Windows 2003 Active Directory environment, you can't send console messages unless you enable the messenger service on the server you will be sending the message from and on the workstation you will be sending the message to. Group Policy probably controls this. If you are not a member of the domain admin group or Enterprise Admin group, you won't be able to do anything.

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