You can send a quick messages across the LAN using a standard tool within Windows 98/Me . WinPopUp is a standard and easy to use messaging utility within Windows . To use WinPopUp , go to Start-> Run and type in ‘winpopup‘ in the open Open field , and click OK – this will open the WinPopup window. To send a message through WinPopUp, click on Send- this opens up the Send Message Window . Type message in the Message text field , and name of recipient – the computer name – and click OK . Incoming messages are also displayed in WinPopUp window. Keep in mind that for the recipient to be able to receive your messages , he or she will also need to have WinPopUp running .
Send to all :
You can use the ‘ net send ‘ command line utility in windows 2000 , to send messages to another computer , or choose to send messages to everybody in the domain . Just typing in ‘net send domain_name your messages ‘ should do it ! . For more syntax and options type in ‘ net send/ ? ‘at the Command Prompt .