dragon2309

Hi, i have a fairly big home network with 6 PC's and 3 laptops. ALL laptops are on Win XP Pro and 5 of the 6 PC's are on Win XP Pro, the remianing 1 is on Windows 98SE. I need to eb able to NETSEND to it, when i try it comes back "the alias <name> could not be found on the network". Perhaps NETSEND is only on Win XP Pro, is there some kind of equivalent for 98 based systems, i know 98Se is in need of an upgrade but not got the time really, and the system is already set up and personalised the way i want it.

So, is there an equivalent of netsend or does it just not exist on win 98se.

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dragon2309

I seem to have to bump every thread i start, i know im not everyones favorite person round here but at least have the decency to reply once in a while. ANYONE!!

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Ambushed_

Hey there i am trying netsend on my school server heres a good website to help you out or google for help!

celsdogg

net send has been available since nt4. when we used to do it at work we did:
net send <computer name> message

i believe you have to have the dreaded messenger services to be enabled to have this working. i always disable that crap, and SP2 disables it by default. . .

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dragon2309

how do you get to services in windows 98

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celsdogg

there were no services in 98! not sure how net send would work with 98...

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MARGARET - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 2GB Corsair XMS DDR400 Dual Channel, nVidia GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR PCIE, 80GB Seagate SATA, 60GB Maxtor PATA, 60GB WD PATA Ubuntu Linux 7.10 + WinXP Pro

elmarcorulz

does this help?

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dragon2309

ok, dont worry guys, i got it sorted. Thanks for you replies.

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celsdogg

i wish i had a win98 computer to give that a try! other then that i dont want one

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VALERIE - AMD Athlon XP Palomino 1800+, 1GB DDR SDRAM, nVidia GeForceFX 5700 128MB DDR, two 160GB Seagate HDD, two 250GB Seagate HDD, WinXP Pro
SARAH (Toshiba Laptop) - Intel Pentium 4 2.8ghz, 512MB DDR SDRAM, Trident Cyberblade XP2 32MB, 60GB Samsung HDD, Ubuntu Linux 7.10
MARGARET - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+, 2GB Corsair XMS DDR400 Dual Channel, nVidia GeForce 8600GT 256MB GDDR PCIE, 80GB Seagate SATA, 60GB Maxtor PATA, 60GB WD PATA Ubuntu Linux 7.10 + WinXP Pro

dragon2309

and yes elmarco, thats pretty much win98's equivalent of netsend, it works pretty much the smae, but if you dont have winpopup open then you cant recieve any of the messages. Not quite what i was hoping for but hey... its win 98.

Thanks

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