   net send "name" msg error
  I just set up a network in my home after getting DSL (YIPPIE!) and I am trying to test the "net send  " thing but I keep getting:An error occured while sending a message to HOMELANHUB.The message alias could not be found on the network.but when I send a msg to MY computer, it works.Also, we have set up a workgroup; both of us can see out computers in the ''show workgroup computer''s'' screen, however, they can access mine, but I can''t access theirs (it asks for a password and won''t let me change my login name) and their shared docs don''t show up for me but mine show up for them... this is very confusing.I won''t concern myself with that stuff for now, but would really like to know what''s up with the net send thing. 
  is HOMELANHUB a computer or a hub?you definitly can''t net send to a hubbecause they are just designed to foreward data,not listen for net send messages.and you should never need to use net send for anything,it is pure evil. ;quote:Original post by googlyeyes  and you should never need to use net send for anything,it is pure evil.   But if you''re a network admin(for a small   network) doing net send to remind everyone that the network will be serviced in 5 minutes helps...otherwise people get pissed that you cut off their internet when they were in the middle of filling in some form or downloading or whatever. Of course you should e-mail in advance but net send helps a lot. (similar to broadcasting messages in unix)But yeah I''m sick of those net send ads you get over the internet. ;  not HOMELANHUB is the name of the other computer (it''s just named that because it''s plugged directly to the wireless router we have). ;  Check where Messenger service is started. ;quote:Original post by DerekSaw  Check where Messenger service is started.   Could you elaborate on this pls? ;quote:Original post by Fade2Black   quote:Original post by DerekSaw    Check where Messenger service is started.   Could you elaborate on this pls?   Start->Run->services.msc - once you've got that open, scroll down to "Messenger."  If it isn't running, start it.  But, um, I wouldn't recommend keeping it on.Hopefully I didn't misinterpret what DerekSaw.. tried to say...  [edited by - Toxic Hippo on February 11, 2004 1:46:13 AM];quote:Original post by Toxic Hippo  quote:Original post by Fade2Black    quote:Original post by DerekSawCheck where Messenger service is started.   Could you elaborate on this pls?   But, um, I wouldn''t recommend keeping it on. [edited by - Toxic Hippo on February 11, 2004 1:46:13 AM]Why not? ;quote:Original post by Fade2Black  quote:Original post by Toxic Hippo   quote:Original post by Fade2Blackquote:Original post by DerekSaw Check where Messenger service is started.   Could you elaborate on this pls?   But, um, I wouldn''t recommend keeping it on. [edited by - Toxic Hippo on February 11, 2004 1:46:13 AM]Why not?   This page shows why.. ;  Ah. Ok then. Well I don''t really need it anyway, I just wanted to know why it wasn''t working (I had uninstalled the messenger svc thinking it was MSN Messenger) 