petal
Mon Jul 21 13:55:49 CDT 2003
thought that you might just use FSO to read the text from a network file to
display on client.
otherwise you can remotely create a scheduled task using AT or SOON (from
the Resource Kit) to run the VBS/BAT on the host of your choice
none of these methods is necessarily effective or guaranteed though...
ease of use is the nice thing about the Messenger service (although even
it's not guaranteed either!)
regards
petal
"Steve" <stephen.d.powers@wellsfargo.com> wrote in message
news:098701c34f96$a51aedc0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> This sounds good Petal. I think you may have given me an
> idea around these lines. What about creating a script
> that will copy the message from the admin to the local
> machine(s) and then use wscript to popup the message? The
> problem is getting it to execute once it's copied there.
> Any more ideas?
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >if you don't want an instant popup how about a scheduled
> task, say every 5
> >mins, that checks a network location for a text file to
> display
> >
> >you could code the logic along the lines of username,
> group membership
> >
> >whilst I haven't used it for the purpose you describe,
> the problem I've
> >found with this approach is that when the dialog is
> displayed on screen,
> >subsequent jobs won't run/display until the msgbox is
> closed, so you may
> >lose message updates - probably a way around this though.
> The messenger
> >service doesn't suffer from this (which is why I spend
> much time clearing
> >multiple message boxes from my screen)
> >
> >regards
> >petal
> >
> >"Robert Cohen" <jerrygarcia@gratefuldead.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:erLb3PGTDHA.2316@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> That is an interesting question that I don't know the
> answer to.
> >>
> >> I can create an popup message in a logon script.
> >>
> >> But my guess is that there is no way (other then
> messenger) to create a
> >> popup on a remote computer except in certain events (ie
> logon, logoff,
> >> period of inactivity, etc).
> >>
> >> If it is possible I would like to know as well. I
> would like to be able
> >to
> >> send a popup message to all users, an individual user,
> or group of users
> >at
> >> certain times (ie send a message- not via e-mail- that
> server maintenance
> >> will start at 5:00, you will not be able to be logged
> in at that time).
> >>
> >> But I don't think it is possible
> >>
> >> Now I did a search in google and found something about
> remote WSH but
> >don't
> >> know if that would work (I will have to investigate it
> also).
> >>
> >>
> >
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> 8&threadm=708e01c10f0
> >>
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> >> --
> >> Sorry, I am no longer including my e-mail address as I
> am getting to much
> >> spam. I really have no desire to enlarge "it" by three
> inches, that is
> >even
> >> if I get e-mailed 10 times a day from different e-mail
> addresses so I
> >can't
> >> block it.
> >> Besides I finally came to believe what others have
> said, if you have a
> >> question, you should ask the group as others might
> benefit from it.
> >Anyone
> >> on the group who I converse with off topic or on the
> side, can easily find
> >> my e-mail address.
> >>
> >>
> >> "Steve" <stephen.d.powers@wellsfargo.com> wrote in
> message
> >> news:055a01c34be2$33b751d0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> >> > Yes. We have messenger disabled on our user's
> machines,
> >> > but we would still like a way to send a popup message
> to
> >> > their machines for alerts instead of having to rely on
> >> > email. I know there is a way to use the popup method
> to
> >> > display the message, but how do I get it to the user?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > >-----Original Message-----
> >> > >you mean without using Window's messenger?
> >> > >
> >> > >--
> >> > >Sorry, I am no longer including my e-mail address as
> I am
> >> > getting to much
> >> > >spam. I really have no desire to enlarge "it" by
> three
> >> > inches, that is even
> >> > >if I get e-mailed 10 times a day from different e-
> mail
> >> > addresses so I can't
> >> > >block it.
> >> > >Besides I finally came to believe what others have
> said,
> >> > if you have a
> >> > >question, you should ask the group as others might
> >> > benefit from it. Anyone
> >> > >on the group who I converse with off topic or on the
> >> > side, can easily find
> >> > >my e-mail address.
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >"Steve" <stephen.d.powers@wellsfargo.com> wrote in
> message
> >> > >news:028801c34bdd$95b70100$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> > >> Anyone know how to broadcast a .popup message to a
> group
> >> > >> of users in AD using VBScript?
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >.
> >> > >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >