Message Sending Easily in Windows XP (Net Send)

We can easily send message to other computers on the network (Windows XP ) using net send command.

1) By default this messenger service is disabled in Windows XP with SP2, you need to start this service in order to send message. Just go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > double-click Services, the Services window will appear, scroll down until you locate the Messenger service, then double-click on this service.

 2) You can set the Startup type for this service as Automatic (will be started automatically whenever you boot up the computer) or Manual (you need to start this service manually whenever you need it), after that click Apply. Also please click Start to start the service if it’s not started.

3) Ok! Now proceed to click Start -> Run…, type cmd and click OK to open command prompt. Here is the net send command syntax:

net send [computer-name/IP-address] [your-message]

4) You can also send the message by using IP address, let say I want to send message to 192.168.1.102, here is what I type: net send 150.1.10.52  [your-message]. Here is an example:

The following message will pop up on computer configured with IP 150.1.10.52:

  5) Let say you wish to send a message to computer named David, just type net send David [your-message]. Here is an example:

The following message will pop up on computer named David: