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When I try to send a console message by right-clicking on Shared Folders in
Computer Management (SBS 2003 environment), pointing to All Tasks, I don't
see Send Console Message. The only option is Configure Shadow Copies. If I
browse to Client Computers in Server Management, right click on each
computer and pick "Manage Computer", all bring up Computer Management for
that computer.
If I use the command line, 'net send * "Test" ', I get a response, "the
message was sent to domain mydomain". If I use 'net send /users', I get
several errors:
An error occurred while sending a message to 192.168.0.50.
An error occurred while sending a message to 192.168.0.52.
An error occurred while sending a message to Ref-Left.
An error occurred while sending a message to Ref-Right.
The two that come back as IP addresses show their names correctly if I
"ping -a <ip_address>" or "ping <computer_name>". No messages appear in any
Event Viewer log.
Does anyone have any idea what the problem may be?
Bruce
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On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:38:24 -0500, Bruce Wilkinson wrote:
[Quoted Text] > When I try to send a console message by right-clicking on Shared Folders in
> Computer Management (SBS 2003 environment), pointing to All Tasks, I don't
> see Send Console Message. The only option is Configure Shadow Copies. If I
> browse to Client Computers in Server Management, right click on each
> computer and pick "Manage Computer", all bring up Computer Management for
> that computer.
>
> If I use the command line, 'net send * "Test" ', I get a response, "the
> message was sent to domain mydomain". If I use 'net send /users', I get
> several errors:
>
> An error occurred while sending a message to 192.168.0.50.
> An error occurred while sending a message to 192.168.0.52.
> An error occurred while sending a message to Ref-Left.
> An error occurred while sending a message to Ref-Right.
>
> The two that come back as IP addresses show their names correctly if I
> "ping -a <ip_address>" or "ping <computer_name>". No messages appear in any
> Event Viewer log.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what the problem may be?
>
> Bruce
You're intermixing two different things. You can send messages to
computers, or you can send messages to users.
The easiest, to me, is sending messages to computers. You did that when
you used NET SEND * [msg text]. That should have sent the message to
every workstation attached to the server. Replace * with a computer name
to direct it to a particular computer.
Use MSG to send a message to a particular user. (by the way, these are
both command line utilities).
type msg ? or net send ? to see a complete syntax list. These are also
searchable help topics. Use "msg" or "send console message" in the
search box.
--
Mike H
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p.s. - If you're sending directed messages (to a specific computer or a
specific user) then from a command line you can type "net sessions" to
find out who/what is connected.
Likewise, for Terminal Services, you can use the Terminal Services
Manager snap-in to see who is connect to TS. Under each server you'll
see a connection number and an associated user. Right-click on that
connection and select "send message"
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Mike H
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Hello Bruce,
Thank you for posting here. Many thanks for Mike's inputs.
I'm sorry for the delay response due to the weekend.
According to your description, I understand that you cannot find Send
Console Message UI in computer management console. If I have misunderstood
the problem, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Based on my research, send Console Message UI is not available on Windows
Server 2003 after upgrading to Service Pack 1. Prior to installing SP1,
this option is available in the computer management snap-in (compmgmt.msc)
I suggest we try the following steps to see if we can resolve this issue:
Register sendcmsg.dll by running the following command from
%systemroot%\system32:
regsvr32 sendcmsg.dll
Then, you can find the send Console Message UI under computer management
console.
Meanwhile, for how to send Console Message thru command line, please refer
to Mike's input.
Hope these steps will give you some help.
Thanks and have a nice day!
Best regards,
Terence Liu(MSFT)
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| When I try to send a console message by right-clicking on Shared Folders
in
| Computer Management (SBS 2003 environment), pointing to All Tasks, I
don't
| see Send Console Message. The only option is Configure Shadow Copies. If
I
| browse to Client Computers in Server Management, right click on each
| computer and pick "Manage Computer", all bring up Computer Management for
| that computer.
|
| If I use the command line, 'net send * "Test" ', I get a response, "the
| message was sent to domain mydomain". If I use 'net send /users', I get
| several errors:
|
| An error occurred while sending a message to 192.168.0.50.
| An error occurred while sending a message to 192.168.0.52.
| An error occurred while sending a message to Ref-Left.
| An error occurred while sending a message to Ref-Right.
|
| The two that come back as IP addresses show their names correctly if I
| "ping -a <ip_address>" or "ping <computer_name>". No messages appear in
any
| Event Viewer log.
|
| Does anyone have any idea what the problem may be?
|
| Bruce
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