Hi PcCowboy, Friday, July 4, 2003, 9:40:47 AM, you wrote: P> Everytime I want to tell my son something I have to P> go into the house, or call him. P> Isn't there a way that you can send a pop-up message P> between two XP computers on the same network? And will it show up if he P> playing his games? Start-> Run, type NET SEND (computer or user name) (message) NET SEND computername Hi! NET SEND username Hi! Will work on any Windows system, as long as the Windows Messenger service hassn't be turned off in order to avoid messenger spams. --Scott. Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.