Re: NET SEND msgs not appearing on win xp sp2 desktops

From: Ron Lowe (ron-msng_at_{d.e.l.e.t.e.}lowe-family.me.uk)
Date: 09/01/04 

Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 11:20:18 +0100

"Peter" <Peter@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B554C46A-F4C3-4289-95FE-A48D4CBB458B@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> In our ccompany we have a windows 2000 server with AD and winXP SP1 and
> winXP SP2 desktops
>
> I allways used the command NET SEND * <my message> when I wanted to allert
> everyone that the server was going down.
>
> All the winXP SP1 pc´s receive the message on their desktop, but the winXP
> SP2 pc´s do not show the message on the desktop. Conclusion about half our
> employees were pissed when the server went offline without them knowing
> it.
>
> I would appreciate any Idea´s on what I can do so that those messages
> appear
> also on the winXP SP2 desktops.
>
> thx in advance
> Peter

This is due to a couple of changes made by SP2.

1) The firewall is blocking the netbios traffic.
   Go to the firewall exceptions tab, and enable F+P sharing exception.

2) The Messenger service is stopped by default.
   Go to start | run | services.msc;
   Scroll down to find the Messenger Service,
   Start it, and set the startup type to Automatic. 

-- 
Best Regards,
Ron Lowe
MS-MVP Windows Networking

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