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I am trying to use net send in Windows 2000
the computer name is claire and the domain is called biesse I cannot get the syntax right however I try

The help files says the following
net send {name | * | /domain[:name] | /users} message
Can anyone help please

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From my experience:

1] If you are in the same domain, you do not need to include the domain name.
2] You need to make sure the messenger service is running on sender and recipient machines

You can test it by sending a message to yourself. If your Login name is Fred, from a command prompt type
net send fred hello
and you should get a pop-up message instantly appear on your screen.

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OK – did a
NET HELP SEND
at the command prompt and get:

NET SEND {name | * | /DOMAIN[:name] | /USERS} message
Sends messages to other users, computers, or messaging names on the network. 
The Messenger service must be running to receive messages.
You can send a message only to an name that is active on the network.
If the message is sent to a username, that user must be logged on and running 
the Messenger service to receive the message.
 
name                   Is the username, computername, or messaging name
                       to send the message to. If the name is a 
                       computername that contains blank characters, 
                       enclose the alias in quotation marks (" "). 
 
*                      Sends the message to all the names in your group. 
 
/DOMAIN[:name]         Sends the message to all the names in the 
                       workstation domain. If name is specified, the 
                       message is sent to all the names in the specified 
                       domain or workgroup. 
 
/USERS                 Sends the message to all users connected to 
                       the server.
 
message                Is text to be sent as a message. 

Have you tried:
net send claire hello
?

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Hi Lief
Many thanks once again, works fine, my error was trying to include all the brackets as in the help file.

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