You could try this
http://www.petri.co.il/msg-exe-net-send-vista.htm
I've not tried this so I have no idea how well it works. It was one of the
first results in these searches.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=vista+%...ilt=all&q s=n
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
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Kerry Brown
MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration
http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/
"Thomas R Grassi Jr" <thomasgrassi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Windows Vista Business Editon SP2
> On a windows 2003 Server domain
>
> when I issue:
> net send pc1 I get no responce
>
> On my windows xp pro sp3 pc I receive the network brdcst message On
> windows
> XP the MESSINGER SERVICE needs to be running
>
> What needs to be done on Vista to allow network broadcast to work?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
>