LAN Messenger

[ticker]

Does anyone know or use a messenging system that just works across the network and is free!!

[djm968]

MS Netsend or the GUI http://www.fomine.com/netsend.html

[Jake_89]

Search for Jive Wildfire/Spark

[CyberNerd]

http://www.jabber.org/about/overview.shtml

[mrforgetful]

From what I've always seen, if you pay it will use it's own messenging api, if you go the free route it will use the Windows inbuilt messaging service.

 

Remember, by default Windows XP with Service Pack 2 has the messaging service disabled, so netsend - and anything that uses it - will not work anyway.

[StewartKnight]

you need to start the messnger service on each machine, but then you can use Net Send from the dos prompt

[MkII]

borg chat is free and doesn't use the messenger service

[john]

Are you thinking MSN type of messenger or one to display messages on screen like "Network going off in 10 minutes, again :D"? if its the latter I just use netsend

[agreen]

Softros LAN messenger has style like MSN. But this one is free for 30 days only