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From: lenexa AT qni DOT com (Kendra)
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Subject: Re: "send" for windows 95???
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 14:04:20 GMT
Organization: Ferrel's Card Shops
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp

"jim" <jimf AT ziplink DOT net> wrote:

>Does anybody know of a Window's 95 equivalent to the DOS based "send"
>command?  The DOS syntax would read 

>c:\net send [computer name] [message]
>	The message would appear on the users screen without prompt.

>We're currently using 95 on all the worksations and NT 3.51 on the server,
>a utility like this for 95 would make our lives a lot easier..

I don't know of a command line utility, but WinPopup will do the trick for the
GUI.  It must be running on the PC the message is to be sent to.
Also, a lot of the 'net' commands still work under Win95, so try that same
syntax from a command prompt, or type - net ? - for help.



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