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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\wfsp>msg Send a message to a user. MSG {username | sessionname | sessionid | @filename | *} [/SERVER:servername] [/TIME:seconds] [/V] [/W] [message] username Identifies the specified username. sessionname The name of the session. sessionid The ID of the session. @filename Identifies a file containing a list of usernames +, sessionnames, and sessionids to send the message + to. * Send message to all sessions on specified server +. /SERVER:servername server to contact (default is current). /TIME:seconds Time delay to wait for receiver to acknowledge m +sg. /V Display information about actions being performe +d. /W Wait for response from user, useful with /V. message Message to send. If none specified, prompts for + it or reads from stdin.
update: I dread to think what you've done to your vista box :-)