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Mitchell


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Hey all, anyone know of a Windows API to send a message from one pc to another on the same LAN?


 


Thanks in advance



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Vic does.


Tell her to ask Derek.



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Well, I won't TELL Vic to ask Derek, but I would kindly ASK Vic if you would mind asking Derek.


What say you Vic?



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It's ok - didn't need to ask Derek - Open your DOS prompt & type Netsend person's login name "your message" press enter.


e.g. Netsend Victoria Morrissey "I'm watching you"


They get a pop up box with your message in.  It doesn't say who it's from (it does have your machine id so they'd have to check out all the machines to find out who it was) - you can freak someone out for days on end with this - he he he.


That's how it works on our network anyway!



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Thanks Vic, I had found this command just before I checked the JDBB, you know what they say Vic, Great Minds Think A-like.  I am a firm believer of that.


 


pssss I already have somone in the office downstairs panicking because they get funny messages...hehehehe...and they are none the wiser since I'm the only computer dude that knows more than word, excel and publisher!!!



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We have ALL our system privilages withdrawn here so we cant do it - thats a real shame coz I could have freaked Darren out with it............




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Here's the link if anyones interested:

NetSend

 



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When I first started in Marketing (about a year and a half ago) I kept getting messages saying "I know what you're doing" "Stop doing that" "Get on with some work" "I'm watching you" and this sort of thing - freaked me out for about 2 weeks until I realised that everytime I got one and looked around to see if I could work out who my stalker was, the guy who sat opposite me would start trying to hide the fact that he was giggling.  So when he was at lunch I checked his machine number and sure enough it was him - basserd!!  Got my own back though.



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Some other practical jokes I have witnessed include:


Phone receiver rubbed onto a red ink pad - the guy who's phone it was was convinced his ear was bleeding badly and he kept putting his hand up to his ear - then he got ink on his hand and then on his face and he kept finding more and more and couldn't work out where the bleeding was coming from - haven't laughed so much in a long time!!


Our pcs are back to back.  If there is someone who always uses a mouse to get started in the morning it's very amusing to unplug their keyboard and plug your own into their machine - wait for them to open something (hope it's e-mail or word or something) and start typing - he he he.


The old, old favourite - removing the mouse ball (or putting a blob of blue tack inside the mouse so when they check the ball is there - it just won't move) - it's surprising how many people are still caught out by that one (and don't think to open the mouse up!!).  Or even just unplug the mouse!


If people leave their pc screens unlocked when they leave their desk in our office they are likely to come back to all sorts of dodgy wallpaper or screen savers!!


Another favourite has been to swap telephone receivers over so the phone rings and they anwser it but there's no-one there!!  Also phone someone you can see and keep hanging up when they answer (childish but never fails to amuse).



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Mitchell


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One more nigling question, how do you use variables in Batch files?

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Vic they are classics, one I tried today was to put selotape on the handset so when she put the phone up to her ear, the handset stuck to her face.

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It's Ok, I found it:


 


Set msg=%Message Text


Net Send Tish %msg%



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I'm sorry.  I have nothing useful to post on this thread, but by posting this post, I will have my name as the last poster on every thread on the entire first page.


I AM THE KING!!!



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No API calls, but here's some scripting:


http://www.mrexcel.com/board2/viewtopic.php?t=28037&start=70



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Thanks Nate you are a gentleman and a scholar

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Scholar?  He can read?

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Well...I..I...presume so... I don't really know for sure!!



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I only looked on this thread because I was hopeful of winning an API


And wanted to find out what one of those was. 



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Get it while you can, that forum goes down in 1 week.

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Thanks for the warning

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