Hey all I am trying to send a msg to user on my homegroup with windows 7 msg.exe command I have 4 laptops all wireless all on the same homegroup. I am trying to send a msg like "dinners ready" or "pick up the phone." to a user. The command: msg /server:Jay-PC Jay "I like Pizza" The Result: Error 5 getting session names I have verified the command it works to send a msg on my machine to my machine and i have verified the users. I have googled it and the only answer i can find is to edit my registry as shown below. HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server Name : AllowRemoteRPC Type : REG_DWORD Value : 1 And still i get the same error. Anyone know how to fix this error? Any help would be grand.
MSG {username : sessionname : sessionid : @filename : *} [/SERVER:servername] [/Time:seconds] [/v] [/w] [message] username = identifies the specific username. sessionname = thename of the session. sessionid = the id of the session @filename = identifies a file containing a list of usernames. * = send message ot all session on specified server /SERVER:servername = server to contact (default is current) /TIME:seconds = time delay to wait for receiver to acknowledge msg. /V = display information about action being performed. /W = wait for reponse from user, useful with /V message = message to send. if none specified. prompts for it or reads from stdin.
Hey ya thanks but um I understand the syntax and how to use it. I know how to get help on the command but you really just spammed the results of a miss typed command.