I am not sure... but I have seen in one post that a guy requesting for alternate messaging tool, because "net send" is no longer available.
Vista users, is this a sure thing...? Can any one confirm it?
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Yes, it was removed in Vista. Given that it was effectively crippled in XP SP2 and was rapidly becoming a spam mechanism anyway, I'd say that was no bad thing.
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AndyC wrote:Yes, it was removed in Vista. Given that it was effectively crippled in XP SP2 and was rapidly becoming a spam mechanism anyway, I'd say that was no bad thing.
Spam... ?
> it was removed in Vista?
means? that it will be available in later releases of the OS or in SP (with fix, or something...)?
I agree it was good feature... though... and, I still don't get it... the proper reason behind disabling this functionality...
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BlackTiger
If you stumbled and fell down, it doesn't mean yet, that you're going in the wrong direction.
AndyC wrote:Yes, it was removed in Vista. Given that it was effectively crippled in XP SP2 and was rapidly becoming a spam mechanism anyway, I'd say that was no bad thing.
BTW, Same as ability to grab video output from Webcam in MovieMaker...
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CannotResolveSymbol
Microsoft: Who do you want to execute today?
Raghavendra_Mudugal wrote:
AndyC wrote: Yes, it was removed in Vista. Given that it was effectively crippled in XP SP2 and was rapidly becoming a spam mechanism anyway, I'd say that was no bad thing.
Spam... ?
> it was removed in Vista?
means? that it will be available in later releases of the OS or in SP (with fix, or something...)?
I agree it was good feature... though... and, I still don't get it... the proper reason behind disabling this functionality...
Turn off the firewall on XPSP2 and turn on the messenger service someday. You'll see what he means by spam.
Constant, endless spam messages-- whether or not Internet Explorer's open. It's fun!
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CannotResolveSymbol wrote:
Turn off the firewall on XPSP2 and turn on the messenger service someday. You'll see what he means by spam.
... but I have a XP machine as a main internet proxy server and firewall is disabled in it and messenger services is on. I disabled it before and I have turned it on a month before, so I can send messages to that machine, if anybody is sitting there will respond back.. I haven't seen any problem from that...
anyway... sorry... I still don't get it.
CannotResolveSymbol wrote:
Constant, endless spam messages-- whether or not Internet Explorer's open. It's fun!
It probably won't be added again-- as it's been rendered almost completely useless.
spam messages? actually who sends it? you mean, some one outside of the network knows/hacks my system's ip and keep sending messages... like a bot or someting....?
hmmm....
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I've seen the spam. When I setup a very old laptop with Windows 2000, I saw the popups within an hour of connecting to an unprotected network.
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littleguru
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I have also seen this NET SEND spam. Glad they removed it...
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Bas
It finds lightbulbs.
What practical use does NET SEND still have nowadays, anyway?
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stevo_
Human after all
Also seen the NET SEND spam on a sp0 install of XP about 4 years ago. Think I got a message selling me viagra..
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Bas wrote:What practical use does NET SEND still have nowadays, anyway?
Net Send was a great idea back in 1983 when the protocol was invented. It worked great on private networks.
It has no business being there on machines connected to the Internet, so it's history.
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