My past experience with relying on a computer to send time sensitive notifications is hit and miss. We find paging via intercom systems and office speakers to be the most effective.
Is this not a possibility for you? On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Reimer, Mark <mark.rei...@prairie.edu>wrote: > Back in the day, “net send” was used to send messages to users/computers. > I tried msg.exe (Windows 7), but didn’t have much luck. I understand I need > to change a registry setting on all Windows 7 machines for this to work. I > also understand that Net Send doesn’t work on Windows (and needs message > service turn on which is turned off by default), and msg.exe doesn’t work > for XP (unless there is a download for it????) > > > > We support XP and Windows 7, with a couple of Vista machines (all pro > versions, i.e. no home versions). There are also a few Macs on the network. > > > > What can we do to support an emergency message to all “turned-on/connected > to the lan” computers? Price will be a factor, so free is best J. > > > > Ideas? > > > > Thanks. > > > Mark > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
