net send alternatives?

Looking for a way to broadcast to my users emergency messages such as server
restarts, etc. The net send tool for 2003 isn't working for me. I turned on
the messenger service but still getting errors when trying to send messages.

Anyway, any free tools out there worth looking at? I have googled some but
would like some input from folks already using some.

Thanks...

I just call the front desk and have the Receptionist announce it over the PA
System. Everybody hears it then,.. and I don't have to worry if they were
looking at their machine at the correct moment or if they even returned to the
machine in time to read it before I did it what I was going to do.

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed (as annoying as they are, and as stupid as they sound), are
my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone else associated
with me, including my cats.
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"Mac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Looking for a way to broadcast to my users emergency messages such as server
> restarts, etc. The net send tool for 2003 isn't working for me. I turned on
> the messenger service but still getting errors when trying to send messages.
>
> Anyway, any free tools out there worth looking at? I have googled some but
> would like some input from folks already using some.
>
> Thanks...
>

Heehee.....!

So, lessee... to some folks, the announcement would sound like this, no
matter what the actual wording...

"May I have your attention please. IT has screwed up, yet again, and
requires that you do not access your computer for the next 2 hours while
they attempt to repair the damage they have done. Becuase, they know your
computer was running fine untill they decided to "improve" it!".

Or... you could just send a Net-send message....

-Frank

"Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>I just call the front desk and have the Receptionist announce it over the
>PA System. Everybody hears it then,.. and I don't have to worry if they
>were looking at their machine at the correct moment or if they even
>returned to the machine in time to read it before I did it what I was going
>to do.
>
> --
> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> www.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed (as annoying as they are, and as stupid as they
> sound), are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone
> else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>
> "Mac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Looking for a way to broadcast to my users emergency messages such as
>> server restarts, etc. The net send tool for 2003 isn't working for me. I
>> turned on the messenger service but still getting errors when trying to
>> send messages.
>>
>> Anyway, any free tools out there worth looking at? I have googled some
>> but would like some input from folks already using some.
>>
>> Thanks...
>>
>
>

But if the computer network was down HOW would a Net Send get through?

"Frankster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) ...
> Heehee.....!
>
> So, lessee... to some folks, the announcement would sound like this, no
> matter what the actual wording...
>
> "May I have your attention please. IT has screwed up, yet again, and
> requires that you do not access your computer for the next 2 hours while
> they attempt to repair the damage they have done. Becuase, they know your
> computer was running fine untill they decided to "improve" it!".
>
> Or... you could just send a Net-send message....
>
> -Frank
>
> "Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I just call the front desk and have the Receptionist announce it over the
> >PA System. Everybody hears it then,.. and I don't have to worry if they
> >were looking at their machine at the correct moment or if they even
> >returned to the machine in time to read it before I did it what I was
going
> >to do.
> >
> > --
> > Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> > www.wandtv.com
> >
> > The views expressed (as annoying as they are, and as stupid as they
> > sound), are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone
> > else associated with me, including my cats.
> > -----------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > "Mac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Looking for a way to broadcast to my users emergency messages such as
> >> server restarts, etc. The net send tool for 2003 isn't working for me.
I
> >> turned on the messenger service but still getting errors when trying to
> >> send messages.
> >>
> >> Anyway, any free tools out there worth looking at? I have googled some
> >> but would like some input from folks already using some.
> >>
> >> Thanks...
> >>
> >
> >
>

"Frankster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) ...
> Heehee.....!
>
> So, lessee... to some folks, the announcement would sound like this, no matter
> what the actual wording...
>
> "May I have your attention please. IT has screwed up, yet again, and requires
> that you do not access your computer for the next 2 hours while they attempt
> to repair the damage they have done. Becuase, they know your computer was
> running fine untill they decided to "improve" it!".
>
> Or... you could just send a Net-send message....
>
> -Frank
>
> "Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I just call the front desk and have the Receptionist announce it over the PA
>>System. Everybody hears it then,.. and I don't have to worry if they were
>>looking at their machine at the correct moment or if they even returned to the
>>machine in time to read it before I did it what I was going to do.
>>
>> --
>> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
>> www.wandtv.com
>>
>> The views expressed (as annoying as they are, and as stupid as they sound),
>> are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone else
>> associated with me, including my cats.
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>> "Mac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Looking for a way to broadcast to my users emergency messages such as server
>>> restarts, etc. The net send tool for 2003 isn't working for me. I turned on
>>> the messenger service but still getting errors when trying to send messages.
>>>
>>> Anyway, any free tools out there worth looking at? I have googled some but
>>> would like some input from folks already using some.
>>>
>>> Thanks...
>>>
>>
>>
>

"Frankster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) ...
> Heehee.....!
>
> So, lessee... to some folks, the announcement would sound like this, no matter
> what the actual wording...
>
> "May I have your attention please. IT has screwed up, yet again, and requires
> that you do not access your computer for the next 2 hours while they attempt
> to repair the damage they have done. Becuase, they know your computer was
> running fine untill they decided to "improve" it!".

No it is more like.

"May I have your attention please. you have all screwed up you machines again!
Please stay off the machines while the pleasant guys in IT fix the mess you have
created. If it occurs again there will be public "user beatings" in the back
parking lot. This will be your last warning."

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed (as annoying as they are, and as stupid as they sound), are
my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone else associated
with me, including my cats.
-----------------------------------------------------

??

"Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Frankster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) ...
>> Heehee.....!
>>
>> So, lessee... to some folks, the announcement would sound like this, no
>> matter what the actual wording...
>>
>> "May I have your attention please. IT has screwed up, yet again, and
>> requires that you do not access your computer for the next 2 hours while
>> they attempt to repair the damage they have done. Becuase, they know your
>> computer was running fine untill they decided to "improve" it!".
>
> No it is more like.
>
> "May I have your attention please. you have all screwed up you machines
> again! Please stay off the machines while the pleasant guys in IT fix the
> mess you have created. If it occurs again there will be public "user
> beatings" in the back parking lot. This will be your last warning."
>
> --
> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
> www.wandtv.com
>
> The views expressed (as annoying as they are, and as stupid as they
> sound), are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone
> else associated with me, including my cats.
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>

It just a silly come-back for Fankster's comment.

With your question,...
The point is that such a tool wouldn't matter even if you found one. You need to
come up with a way to notify them even if they aren't sitting on front of the
machine. The Office's intercom is one way to do that and is the most direct.

If you knew they were going to be at their desk then you could do the same with
email since most employees seems to have the email up constantly,...and Outlook
can even give a "chime" when new messages come in. But in the end, there is no
"perfect" solution.

Whenever I do work on a Server that may cause an outage my first approach is an
email to everyone about an hour or two ahead of time and tell them the time it
will occur. This gives them time to respond with questions if they have any. In
more drastic cases I will use the intercom.

--
Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
www.wandtv.com

The views expressed (as annoying as they are, and as stupid as they sound), are
my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone else associated
with me, including my cats.
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"Mac" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> ??
>
> "Phillip Windell" <@.> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> "Frankster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed) ...
>>> Heehee.....!
>>>
>>> So, lessee... to some folks, the announcement would sound like this, no
>>> matter what the actual wording...
>>>
>>> "May I have your attention please. IT has screwed up, yet again, and
>>> requires that you do not access your computer for the next 2 hours while
>>> they attempt to repair the damage they have done. Becuase, they know your
>>> computer was running fine untill they decided to "improve" it!".
>>
>> No it is more like.
>>
>> "May I have your attention please. you have all screwed up you machines
>> again! Please stay off the machines while the pleasant guys in IT fix the
>> mess you have created. If it occurs again there will be public "user
>> beatings" in the back parking lot. This will be your last warning."
>>
>> --
>> Phillip Windell [MCP, MVP, CCNA]
>> www.wandtv.com
>>
>> The views expressed (as annoying as they are, and as stupid as they sound),
>> are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft, or anyone else
>> associated with me, including my cats.
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
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