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WinPopup

By Susam Pal on 09 Dec 2001

While browsing the C:\Windows directory of the Windows 98 system in
our dorm room, I came across an interesting program named
Winpopup.exe. It is a tiny little program that can be used to send
messages from one Windows system to another on the same local area
network (LAN).

A screenshot of Windows directory Winpopup.exe in C:\Windows of
Windows 98

Windows networking supports the notion of workgroups where one or
more computers may logically belong to a common group where they can
share resources such as files, printers, etc. with each other. To see
the workgroup your computer belongs to, go to Start > Settings >
Control Panel > Network > Identification and see the value of the
field named "Workgroup". By default, this value is "WORKGROUP" but it
can be changed to create smaller working groups of computers.

Apart from sending messages to a specific computer, WinPopup supports
sending messages to an entire workgroup of computers too. An example
of this is shown later in this post.

A screenshot of Windows workgroup configuration Workgroup
configuration in Windows 98

To start WinPopup, go to My Computer > C: > Windows, then click on
the link that says "Show Files", then scroll down to the bottom to
find WinPopup.exe, and finally double click on it to start it.
Alternatively, you can also type win+r, type winpopup, and type
enter.

A screenshot of WinPopup WinPopup running on Windows 98

To send a message, simply click on the envelope icon, select one of
the radio buttons depending on whether you want to send a message to
a specific computer or an entire workgroup, then type the name of the
computer or workgroup you want to send your message to, and then type
the message to be sent.

A screenshot of message being composed in WinPopup Composing a
message running on WinPopup running on Windows 98

When you are ready to send the message, just click on the OK button.
If everything goes fine, a message box confirming that the message
was successfully sent should appear.

A screenshot of a message successfully sent with WinPopup Message
sent successfully with WinPopup running on Windows 98

It is worth noting here that the recipient also needs to have
WinPopup running in order to receive messages successfully. I found
this tool only a few days ago and I already find this tool to be very
useful for communicating with other users of Windows systems.

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