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net send for win2k pro?

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by mattrk

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Ok, i have used net send for winnt at my school. But on my home lan we use windows 2000. Is net send built in? or do i need to install it? Also, if it does have it, is it possible to send net send messages to other networks? like say i want to send a message to stud_pdc on a certin network called domain.com. Is this possible?

p.s. im new to nt and win2k. (i like linux :D )

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by joseph moore

Yes, 2000 has all of the NET commands, including Net Send.
You can specify a user in another domain by using the /DOMAIN: switch, but I can never get it to work right!
I just cheat and send any Net Send messages to the IP address of the machine I want: net send 10.0.0.1 Hello!
This will work across domains and subnets (providing there is no filtering of the net send messages; I think it is TCP port 18, but I am probably wrong on that!).

Hope that helps.

by ovidiu

Yes, the netsend command is built in, and U should use it with the following syntax:

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

I use it when I have to send a message to all users in my network to make them do diverse actions, and it works. Usually I use the syntax:

NET SEND /DOMAIN:[name] "message"

Good luck

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