Talking to people on my network

Having set up a wireless network between my desktop and a laptop is there a
program I can use to send that person a instant message ? kind of like
talking or MSN ?

tishtash wrote:
> Having set up a wireless network between my desktop and a laptop is there a
> program I can use to send that person a instant message ? kind of like
> talking or MSN ?
>
>

You could try Realpopup

(http://www.matro.it/site/show/english/realpopup.aspx)

It is a very basic program, but does exactly (and only) what it says.
It's also completely self contained, is independent of any of the
Windows messenger and netsend packages, works fine through a firewall,
works on win98 thru XP, and is freeware!

"Geoff Briggs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> tishtash wrote:
>> Having set up a wireless network between my desktop and a laptop is there
>> a program I can use to send that person a instant message ? kind of like
>> talking or MSN ?
>
> You could try Realpopup
>
> (http://www.matro.it/site/show/english/realpopup.aspx)
>
> It is a very basic program, but does exactly (and only) what it says. It's
> also completely self contained, is independent of any of the Windows
> messenger and netsend packages, works fine through a firewall, works on
> win98 thru XP, and is freeware!
>

Great stuff, Geoff,

Will give it a try later. Exactaly what I was looking for

Thanks

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, tishtash
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> Having set up a wireless network between my desktop and a laptop is there a
> program I can use to send that person a instant message ? kind of like
> talking or MSN ?
>
Check out the "net send" command.

"Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, tishtash
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> Having set up a wireless network between my desktop and a laptop is there
>> a
>> program I can use to send that person a instant message ? kind of like
>> talking or MSN ?
>>
> Check out the "net send" command.

Had a look up of this command and was wondeirng where I find the name of the
computer I want to send a message to ?

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, tishtash
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>
> "Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) t...
> > In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, tishtash
> > (E-Mail Removed) says...
> >> Having set up a wireless network between my desktop and a laptop is there
> >> a
> >> program I can use to send that person a instant message ? kind of like
> >> talking or MSN ?
> >>
> > Check out the "net send" command.
>
> Had a look up of this command and was wondeirng where I find the name of the
> computer I want to send a message to ?
>
On the actual PC it's at
Start->Settings->Control Panel->System->Computer Name
You can change the computer name and the workgroup there.

On any PC in your workgroup, if you open My Network Places and select
Entire Network
Microsoft Windows Network
WORKGROUP (or whatever you have named your workgroup)
you'll find the names of the PCs currently available for File and
Printer Sharing - that's the name you want to use for the messenger
service.

tishtash wrote:
> "Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, tishtash
>> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>>> Having set up a wireless network between my desktop and a laptop is there
>>> a
>>> program I can use to send that person a instant message ? kind of like
>>> talking or MSN ?
>>>
>> Check out the "net send" command.
>
> Had a look up of this command and was wondeirng where I find the name of the
> computer I want to send a message to ?
>
>

The problem with 'Net Send', from what I can see, is that this requires
Microsoft Messenger to be installed and running on every machine, which
may not be something you want. This is why I suggested 'Realpopup' :-)

"Geoff Briggs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> tishtash wrote:
>> "Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed) t...
>>> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, tishtash
>>> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>>>> Having set up a wireless network between my desktop and a laptop is
>>>> there a
>>>> program I can use to send that person a instant message ? kind of like
>>>> talking or MSN ?
>>>>
>>> Check out the "net send" command.
>>
>> Had a look up of this command and was wondeirng where I find the name of
>> the computer I want to send a message to ?
>
> The problem with 'Net Send', from what I can see, is that this requires
> Microsoft Messenger to be installed and running on every machine, which
> may not be something you want. This is why I suggested 'Realpopup' :-)

realpopup is working a treat

In article <es1esr$igp$(E-Mail Removed)>, Geoff Briggs
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> tishtash wrote:
> > "Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed) t...
> >> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, tishtash
> >> (E-Mail Removed) says...
> >>> Having set up a wireless network between my desktop and a laptop is there
> >>> a
> >>> program I can use to send that person a instant message ? kind of like
> >>> talking or MSN ?
> >>>
> >> Check out the "net send" command.
> >
> > Had a look up of this command and was wondeirng where I find the name of the
> > computer I want to send a message to ?
> >
>
> The problem with 'Net Send', from what I can see, is that this requires
> Microsoft Messenger to be installed and running on every machine, which
> may not be something you want. This is why I suggested 'Realpopup' :-)
>
The 'messenger' that "net send" uses is a service that's part of the OS,
and as such doesn't need to be installed and can't be uninstalled
(although it can be disabled). It shouldn't be confused with
MSN/Windows Messenger, the Internet instant messaging program.

Rob Morley wrote:
> In article <es1esr$igp$(E-Mail Removed)>, Geoff Briggs
> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>> tishtash wrote:
>>> "Rob Morley" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed) t...
>>>> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, tishtash
>>>> (E-Mail Removed) says...
>>>>> Having set up a wireless network between my desktop and a laptop is there
>>>>> a
>>>>> program I can use to send that person a instant message ? kind of like
>>>>> talking or MSN ?
>>>>>
>>>> Check out the "net send" command.
>>> Had a look up of this command and was wondeirng where I find the name of the
>>> computer I want to send a message to ?
>>>
>> The problem with 'Net Send', from what I can see, is that this requires
>> Microsoft Messenger to be installed and running on every machine, which
>> may not be something you want. This is why I suggested 'Realpopup' :-)
>>
> The 'messenger' that "net send" uses is a service that's part of the OS,
> and as such doesn't need to be installed and can't be uninstalled
> (although it can be disabled). It shouldn't be confused with
> MSN/Windows Messenger, the Internet instant messaging program.


Rob,

I do understand this, although the windows help pages are not very
clear. I apologise if I misled anyone, but there are 4 different
messenger services from microsoft; the messenger service (involved with
net send), MSN messenger, Live messenger (formerly MSN messenger) and
the .NET messenger service! Just like MS to keep things simple. The
messenger service has been the centre of several security risks in the
past (though these are fairly easy to plug), but I find it far easier to
just disable the service completely and use a separate program.


Geoff