Workgroups - sending a message

[sanfranman]

I have a simple wireless home workgroup set up linking two laptops , this one with Windows 7 and the other Vista.

Everything works fine , but does anyone know how to send a popup message from my laptop to the other laptop.

Simple solution would be to walk upstairs and actually "speak" or I could just yell out but I would like to be more sophisticated

 

[acurasd]

Lucky for you... Windows vista and 7 did not come with Windows net messaging services like it was implemented into Windows XP. You may want to look into Third Party software...

 

[Ztruker]

Open a Command Prompt and enter msg /?

See if that will work for you.

Rats, I couldn't get it to work. Keep getting a Error 1722 getting session names when I try:

msg /serverthercompname userid "Test msg"

Hmmm, then again: How do I use msg.exe to send messages to a XP PC? - Neowin Forums

 

[Joan Archer]

Open a Command Prompt and enter msg /?

See if that will work for you.

Rats, I couldn't get it to work. Keep getting a Error 1722 getting session names when I try:

msg /serverthercompname userid "Test msg"

Hmmm, then again: How do I use msg.exe to send messages to a XP PC? - Neowin Forums

The OP said he wants to message between Windows 7 and Vista not XP so would that link work for him ?

 

[Ztruker]

I don't know as I don't have a Vista machine to try it with. Give it a try and see if it works. Post results here please.

 

[Mike Connor]

Try these;

RealPopup - Free software downloads and software reviews - CNET Download.com

Download Lanic - Freeware Software - Tucows

I have a list of such programs on another machine. When I find it I will post it.

Regards....Mike Connor

 

[Mike Connor]

These are all freeware, and all available at Softpedia.

Download NetMessage 2.0.0 Free - A utility to send messages to one or multiple recipients on your Home or Business Network

Download Chat 2.0 Free - A lightweight local network chat client.

Download Pop-Up Message Sender 1.00 Free - Sends a brief pop-up message from one PC to all others on the LAN's subnet.

Download Intercom 1.0.0.0 Free - Person-to-person conversations using PCs and an existing local area network

Download Lan Messenger 3.0.0 Build 0 Free - A small LAN communication app. - Softpedia

Download SSuite Office - IM Video Chat 2.0 Free - Instant LAN IM chatting with multiple video capabilities. - Softpedia

Download LAN Messenger 1.2 Free - Send instant messages to friends on your local network. - Softpedia

Download Noraa Chat 3.1.0.1 Free - A simple LAN chat utility

Download Office Notes 0.94 Beta Free - A simple means of sending and receiving messages over a local network

Download TheIM 20100922 Free - A LAN chatting software.

Download WinSent Innocenti 2.0.6.360 Free - A program for receiving "net send" messages

Regards....Mike Connor

 

[sanfranman]

Thanks very much again Mike. I'll get onto looking into your links later today when I get a minute.

@Ztruker - unfortunately what you suggested did not work for me , but thanks for your time.

 

[Amiran]

hi,

I am trying to send LAN message from Win 7 to Win 7 just as you have described, but the same error appears each time: "Error 1722 getting session names"

What can be wrong?
How can I fix it?

 

[RicardoBohner]

It looks like the msg command only works on domain networks not on workgroups ou domestic groups for some reason. Though some people claim it works on their home network, but no script to follow that works for sure until now...

What I found was to change this value in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server
AllowRemoteRPC = 1

This didn't work for me but maybe there are more fortunate ones in this forum...