Where did "net send" go in Vista? It has morphed into msg.exe!

The general syntax of the MSG.EXE command is:
MSG {username | sessionname | sessionid | @filename | *} [/SERVER:servername] [/TIME:seconds] [/V] [/W] [message]

It also looks like it doesn't use a service for functionality either.

Read more about the syntax of msg.exe here.

I am sure "net send *" has resulted in some people losing their jobs over misdirected or inflammatory comments.

Nothing beats playing a 'dying hard drive' WAV file from a remote system though. IBM used to or still does have various "hard drive noises that are bad" WAV files available for download from their website. Mischief managed, indeed.

Posted by Aaron Tiensivu in Microsoft, Vista, Windows OS at 13:40 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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More handy morphing:
http://www.fomine.com/net-send-gui.html

#1 vf on 2007-10-14 06:43 (Reply)

msg was was eliminated along with net send

#2 don't think so (Homepage) on 2008-01-15 20:03 (Reply)

msg is still avaiable on vista but it doesn't have the same role as netsend (you can only send local messages to your TS sessions) otherwise some third party editors have developped their own solution like lantalk (ceezo.com) or dmessage.com

#2.1 mpeg77 on 2008-01-29 09:55 (Reply)

msg is not avaiable on Vista Basic and Vista Home Premium.

#3 on 2009-02-25 18:09 (Reply)

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