Guest edocnekorb@aol.com Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 I have a situation where some servers have been updated to Windows Server 2003, but are running software designed for Windows NT server. It is UPS monitoring software that has been obsolete for some time now. Although the monitoring behavior of the application seems to run fine, it has the ability to send an NT broadcast during certain events. I was wondering if I am expecting too much that an NT-oriented broadcast will work on a 2003 domain. Thanks, Ed.
Guest Chris M Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Re: NT broadcast command from older software edocnekorb@aol.com wrote: > I have a situation where some servers have been updated to Windows > Server 2003, but are running software designed for Windows NT server. > It is UPS monitoring software that has been obsolete for some time > now. Although the monitoring behavior of the application seems to run > fine, it has the ability to send an NT broadcast during certain > events. I was wondering if I am expecting too much that an NT-oriented > broadcast will work on a 2003 domain. Depends how the software works. If the software simply uses a NET SEND to transmit the message, then you will need to ensure that the machine(s) that you want to receive the messages have the Messenger service running (N.B. the Messenger service is not the same thing as MSN Messenger). You'll also need to ensure that they have relevant firewall exceptions for the Messenger service, if the firewall is enabled. -- Chris.
Guest edocnekorb@aol.com Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Re: NT broadcast command from older software On Oct 3, 8:30 pm, Chris M <nob...@nowhere.special> wrote: > edocnek...@aol.com wrote: > > I have a situation where some servers have been updated to Windows > > Server 2003, but are running software designed for Windows NT server. > > It is UPS monitoring software that has been obsolete for some time > > now. Although the monitoring behavior of the application seems to run > > fine, it has the ability to send an NT broadcast during certain > > events. I was wondering if I am expecting too much that an NT-oriented > > broadcast will work on a 2003 domain. > > Depends how the software works. If the software simply uses a NET SEND > to transmit the message, then you will need to ensure that the > machine(s) that you want to receive the messages have the Messenger > service running (N.B. the Messenger service is not the same thing as MSN > Messenger). You'll also need to ensure that they have relevant firewall > exceptions for the Messenger service, if the firewall is enabled. > > -- > Chris. Chris, Thanks. Starting the Messenger service on the source computer did the trick. Ed.
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