message broadcast on all clients of a LAN / WAN

Hello,

We have a LAN , most clients are windows 98se , few are win 95 and the
server is NT.

We do have clients on other site lans which by routers are
interconnected.

Is there a small freeware non heavy utilitie we can install in all
Clients so that we can broadcast a message on screen to all the
clients when needed ?

For example, when we have to shut down a server application and we
need to alert all client users.

We would like to send to all clients an on screen message saying for
example:
For maintenance reasons the server will be shut down in xx minutes,
please close all your applications.

Please let me know what is the best solution.

Thanks,

Mario


Mario

(Excessive crossposting deleted)

All versions of Windows below Windows 2000 ship with a utility called
WinPopup, which allows Windows 2000, NT and XP systems to use the NET SEND
command to send messages to them. If it's not installed on your system, use
Add/Remove Programs, Windows Setup tab to install it.

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"Mario" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> Hello,
>
> We have a LAN , most clients are windows 98se , few are win 95 and the
> server is NT.
>
> We do have clients on other site lans which by routers are
> interconnected.
>
> Is there a small freeware non heavy utilitie we can install in all
> Clients so that we can broadcast a message on screen to all the
> clients when needed ?
>
> For example, when we have to shut down a server application and we
> need to alert all client users.
>
> We would like to send to all clients an on screen message saying for
> example:
> For maintenance reasons the server will be shut down in xx minutes,
> please close all your applications.
>
> Please let me know what is the best solution.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mario

the windows command: net send

Regards


(E-Mail Removed) (Mario) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> Hello,
>
> We have a LAN , most clients are windows 98se , few are win 95 and the
> server is NT.
>
> We do have clients on other site lans which by routers are
> interconnected.
>
> Is there a small freeware non heavy utilitie we can install in all
> Clients so that we can broadcast a message on screen to all the
> clients when needed ?
>
> For example, when we have to shut down a server application and we
> need to alert all client users.
>
> We would like to send to all clients an on screen message saying for
> example:
> For maintenance reasons the server will be shut down in xx minutes,
> please close all your applications.
>
> Please let me know what is the best solution.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mario

(E-Mail Removed) (Jeff Specoli) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> the windows command: net send
>
> Regards
>
>
> (E-Mail Removed) (Mario) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> > Hello,
> >
> > We have a LAN , most clients are windows 98se , few are win 95 and the
> > server is NT.
> >
> > We do have clients on other site lans which by routers are
> > interconnected.
> >
> > Is there a small freeware non heavy utilitie we can install in all
> > Clients so that we can broadcast a message on screen to all the
> > clients when needed ?
> >
> > For example, when we have to shut down a server application and we
> > need to alert all client users.
> >
> > We would like to send to all clients an on screen message saying for
> > example:
> > For maintenance reasons the server will be shut down in xx minutes,
> > please close all your applications.
> >
> > Please let me know what is the best solution.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mario

Pls note,

I think that, on Win95/98, the "winpopup" must be run to be able to
receive the "net send" messages.

Load Winpopup on your Windows 95/98 machines and they will be able to send
and receive NET SEND messages.

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"Account Department" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bgni87$9nd$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Net Send can't be use in win95/98...... any solution.???
>
>
>
>
> "Maurizio Fuschetto" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > (E-Mail Removed) (Jeff Specoli) wrote in message
> news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> > > the windows command: net send
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > >
> > > (E-Mail Removed) (Mario) wrote in message
> news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > We have a LAN , most clients are windows 98se , few are win 95 and
the
> > > > server is NT.
> > > >
> > > > We do have clients on other site lans which by routers are
> > > > interconnected.
> > > >
> > > > Is there a small freeware non heavy utilitie we can install in all
> > > > Clients so that we can broadcast a message on screen to all the
> > > > clients when needed ?
> > > >
> > > > For example, when we have to shut down a server application and we
> > > > need to alert all client users.
> > > >
> > > > We would like to send to all clients an on screen message saying for
> > > > example:
> > > > For maintenance reasons the server will be shut down in xx minutes,
> > > > please close all your applications.
> > > >
> > > > Please let me know what is the best solution.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Mario
> >
> > Pls note,
> >
> > I think that, on Win95/98, the "winpopup" must be run to be able to
> > receive the "net send" messages.
>
>