send a net send type popup to all users 1 day a week on my network

Question

Hi,

I'm looking to send a net send type message popup to all users in my network 1 day week every week.

Can I do this via Windows somwhow or would I need a script running somewhere?

Thanks,

Answer 1

First you need to ensure the net send service is allowed to run control panel->services. So check that services for the service that controls net send. Than you simply create a batch file and issue a net send command. You place that batch file on a server and use windows scheduler to schedule the batch job to run once a week.

Answer 2

@thegunner, I believe you will find that almost all modern Windows machines have the Messenger service disabled. You would need to sort that out to be able to use the net send command (and tie that together with the at command, for example, to automate/schedule your message.)

Are you sure that a popup is the most appropriate method of delivering your message? I know that, for example, I can be in the middle of typing this answer to you and if some other app pops up a dialog (just like net send would) I can very easily dismiss that popup without intending to, without having seen what it was and no way to get it back. This happens rather more than I would like in Windows because popups are allowed to "steal" focus from the current app in which I am working. Most frustrating.