can i message between home systems?

ivrytwr3

ivrytwr3

ivrytwr3

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Sorry if this is a bone question, but can anyone help? I have a vista desktop hardwired to BT home hub and an XP laptop which connects wirelessly.

Is there anyway i can send messages between the 2 systems? (not by email, msn etc)
 
We used to use net send for things like this but apparently they took it out in Vista (?) - try Googling for msg.exe.
 
For a message that's impossible to ignore, locate the fuse box trip switch that is linked to the slacker's room...
 
U can use MSG.exe to send messages to and from windows 7 and Vista PCs. But not sure on XP. Also think they all have to be in the same domain or workgroup if not specifying any.

MSG {username | sessionname | sessionid | @filename | *}
[/SERVER:servername] [/TIME:seconds] [/V] [/W] [message]

username Identifies the specified username.
sessionname The name of the session.
sessionid The ID of the session.
@filename Identifies a file containing a list of usernames,sessionnames, and sessionids to send the message to.
* Send message to all sessions on specified server.
/SERVER:servername server to contact (default is current).
/TIME:seconds Time delay to wait for receiver to acknowledge msg.
/V Display information about actions being performed.
/W Wait for response from user, useful with /V.
message Message to send. If none specified, prompts for it or reads from stdin.

eg; In Command Line

msg UserNameHere "Turn it off and Go to Sleep!"
 
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