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stealthmonkey · stealthmonkey #1 (**permalink**)

12-23-2010, 09:44 PM

hey so i am using a macbook pro, and i wanted to send a popup message to my brothers windows computer(vista). is there any way to do this via wifi?

DaFlake · DaFlake #2 (**permalink**)

12-23-2010, 09:46 PM

Not really, not without having Windows loaded on your machine. If you had windows you could use NET SEND command to send a popup message but Mac doesn't have these commands.

stealthmonkey · stealthmonkey #3 (**permalink**)

12-23-2010, 09:48 PM

There has to be a way haha. Ill find it eventually

DaFlake · DaFlake #4 (**permalink**)

12-23-2010, 09:53 PM

Not without messaging software on both machines. I just got done writing software that will do this on a gov network across multiple devices. Sorry, it isn't possible.

stealthmonkey · stealthmonkey #5 (**permalink**)

12-23-2010, 10:07 PM

what sort of software would i have to install

DaFlake · DaFlake #6 (**permalink**)

12-23-2010, 10:11 PM

You would have to find some sort of messaging software and use it like instant messenger. The alert program that we wrote runs a service in the background that listens for incoming messages and then displays the message on the screen. We wrote it originally for Windows (where I work net send is disabled) and then had to write a mac and solaris module as well.

cwa107 · cwa107 #7 (**permalink**)

12-24-2010, 09:17 AM

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stealthmonkey #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 04, 2010 Posts: 11	12-23-2010, 09:44 PM hey so i am using a macbook pro, and i wanted to send a popup message to my brothers windows computer(vista). is there any way to do this via wifi?
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DaFlake #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 02, 2008 Posts: 709	12-23-2010, 09:46 PM Not really, not without having Windows loaded on your machine. If you had windows you could use NET SEND command to send a popup message but Mac doesn't have these commands.
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DaFlake #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 02, 2008 Posts: 709	12-23-2010, 09:53 PM Not without messaging software on both machines. I just got done writing software that will do this on a gov network across multiple devices. Sorry, it isn't possible.
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stealthmonkey #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 04, 2010 Posts: 11	12-23-2010, 10:07 PM what sort of software would i have to install
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DaFlake #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Jun 02, 2008 Posts: 709	12-23-2010, 10:11 PM You would have to find some sort of messaging software and use it like instant messenger. The alert program that we wrote runs a service in the background that listens for incoming messages and then displays the message on the screen. We wrote it originally for Windows (where I work net send is disabled) and then had to write a mac and solaris module as well.
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