Also, the messenger service or a compatible software has to be running on the computer which you want to send messages to. You can send messages only to a name that is active on the network. If you send the message to a user name, that user must be logged on. In order to send a message using Net Send command, start a command prompt window.
To start the command prompt click "Start" button, choose "Run.. Type "net" command with "send" parameter and with other parameters according to the command syntax. Messages received with messenger service are displayed in the standard Windows message box.
Current terminal server will be used if not specified. If you want to send the message to all usernames that is stored in the file USERS, use this command: msg users Please logout in 10min due to server maintenance. When you have your message in the text file message. Server maintenance! So if I want to send them a message, I'd have to do it one at a time.
I've tried msg command in elevated command prompt but it errors out - permissions setting which is unlocatable not sure if that's a word but I like it in Why is such a simple task so difficult. I would go on a further rant about but I'll curb my tongue.
Suffice to say - the enemy of good is better. Since you were using the task manager, I'm assuming you were doing this on the server itself? If you open a command prompt, type the 'msg' command to get the syntax. I'm guessing Powershell would be a good way to go for this. The message pops up for me but no one else - yes I'm logged in as an adminitrative user and opening cmd prompt as admin. Upon further testing the message is going through to the users, I'm not sure what the error message is from.
Thanks to all. If you are in a session while doing this, I suspect the problem is sending the message to either your own session, or the 'console', which is I think session 1. It would be curious if you get the same error. But oh well, it works! To notify users about a server reboot, you can use the -c comment modifier on the shutdown command to send a message to all users that the server is rebooting.
How to send message over network using command prompt in windows 7? This service has been removed from Windows 7. There is alternatives, but that requires you to download and install software on each pc you want to use, this software runs as background services, and i would advise one to be very very very very careful of using these kind of software as they can potentially cause seriously damage one's system or impair the systems securities.
But if you want to send a message to a single user named Mike, you can use net send mike hello! How are we doing? Please help us improve Stack Overflow. Take our short survey. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Collectives on Stack Overflow.
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