Hello, I liked the net send utility from Windows 2000, and heres the scenario: my vista is directly (wired connected) to a my wifi router and four laptops use the router as a WAP, I was wondering if there was a utility that could send messages to these as well as remote shutdown them?



RealPopup
is a replacement for WinPopup and is fully compatible with Windows Messenger Service, NetSend across versions of Windows. It is very similar to the original Winpopup application, however comes with several enhancements, including features to browse received messages, delete, reply or compose new one, hyperlink support, message saving, customizable fonts, integrated network browser and more. Additional features include away status, message logging, message redirection and command line support. You can use RealPopup in full compatibility mode, or as a separate client, that only uses the Realpopup protocol.
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/network/fwnetworkmessage.html
Many network utilities are listed; too many to list…just browse through them & pick a couple to fit your needs.
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/categories/networking/