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anthony88guy
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command prompt net send

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Okay, so I’m playing with this net send command. I want to send messages to my brother upstairs on the same network. He is on a wireless connection but the same workgroup so it should work. Here is my .bat file that I’m running...

ECHO OFF
NET SEND * hello?
PAUSE

And I get nothing... any ideas?


thanks...
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Net Send has some good help try the following commands:

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NET SEND
NET VIEW
NET HELPMSG #
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If it's on a workgroup, and not a domain, I've found that it sometimes doesn't work (pass on why though, I don't know). This works though:

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net send /domain:YOURWORKGROUPNAME message
It will of course send it to all machines which are connected to the workgroup, but it does work.
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If you're using Windows go press Ctrl + R to launch the Run window. Enter services.msc and find Messenger in the list of services. If it disabled or stopped or something, right click on it and start/enable it.

This is often the cause of Net send not working on Windows machines :)
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That is the first thing i do... disable that "service"...
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Post by anthony88guy »

thanks, works now. I had to enable it.
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Net send.. oh how fun you were in high school Computer class. :lol:

Glad everything is workin' for ya.
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haha, net send. yeah computer class is always fun with that until they suspended everyone who did it. i am working on trying to get access to the schools ip cameras,, any one know how?
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Post by faraz »

I have a problem wid net send.There r three computers connected in LAN.I m sending to other PC' net send message wid their names like if name of pc is faraz.I send the message wid the following command.

net send faraz hellooooooooo


but its not wroking.Can anyone help me wats the problem wid it ??
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nickman013 wrote:haha, net send. yeah computer class is always fun with that until they suspended everyone who did it. i am working on trying to get access to the schools ip cameras,, any one know how?
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Sami wrote:
nickman013 wrote:haha, net send. yeah computer class is always fun with that until they suspended everyone who did it. i am working on trying to get access to the schools ip cameras,, any one know how?
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HAHA.

1. Speak english.
2. Make sure each computer has the Messenger service active. This can be done by right clicking my computer and clicking servies. Then see if messenger is enabled. If not , enable it.
3. Try "net send /domain hello" and see if you get anything. This will send a message to all computers in your network.
4. If it fails, google MS-Dos net send and you will find many tutorials on how to do this.
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