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Communicating between our old 98 machines using Winpopup
was very handy. Is there a similar feature in XP Pro? I
really want to avoid using MSN messenger and stay within
my network.
 
I have fond memories of Friday afternoon winpopup joke telling sessions.
Unfortunately, they got a little out of control and my boss complained to
Microsoft. As a result, support for winpopup was dropped commencing with
Windows NT.

Tom Swift
 
Me too! Where I used to work at, everyone loved winpopup and used it so
much that it was distracting somewhat from the real work that was
supposed to be done. :) Now that we've moved to NT based systems
winpopup doesn't work, but there is a similar utility called winsent
that does work just like winpopup. www.winpopup2000.narod.ru
 
Hi,

The command line command NET SEND is what XP uses instead of winpopup. Go to
Start/Run/cmd and then type in: NET SEND /? and hit enter for help.
 
I know all about bet send Kelly. :) Most of the office users don't like
it though. They aren't as comfortable using the command line like I am.
So that's why I got the winsent utitlity. Did you know you can get the
net send gui by way of the computer management utility? I have and that
works but it's still a pita as I can't figure out how to make a shortcut
to that.
 
A lot of GUI WinPopUp replacers for Windows XP are available.
I'm using Bassline WinPopUp, http://basslinesoft.com. I like its file
transfer and predefined messages with shortcut keys.
If you prefer freeware, try realpopup.

Bruce
 
Matt said:
Communicating between our old 98 machines using Winpopup
was very handy. Is there a similar feature in XP Pro? I
really want to avoid using MSN messenger and stay within
my network.
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At our office we use WinMessenger. Works with
all W9x, W2K and XP. It has very nice, "native" user interface under
Windows XP and drop-down list with users...

Try it from http://www.winpopup.com
 
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