Net Send

[FN-GM]

Hi,

Can someone answer a question for me. Im not infront of a Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 box. Can someone tell me if Net Send has been removed from Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 please?

Thanks

[powdarrmonkey]

Correct, the Messenger service has been retired.

[FN-GM]

Is it in Server 2008? - The first one

Thanks

[powdarrmonkey]

Nope

[FN-GM]

Thanks allot

[computer_expert]

it was stripped from vista as well.

XP/2k3 were the last editions to have net send i think

[sted]

equivalent command is now msg

Send a message to a user.

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.

so

msg /server:server1 console "oi wake up you useless user"

looks like

[rvdmast]

If one has to specify /SERVER:servername does that mean i can no longer
send a message to all computers using:
net send * "my message to everyone" ?