Is there some kind of messenger to communicate between networked computers. I don't want any of those stupid AIM, ICQ, MSN, Etc. I would to use something where you don't have to be online to use it. So is there anything?

For an off line network you would have to have a networking program, I'm not sure and I have my PC teacher here, but we think there may be an option (in a closed network offline) somewhere in the software provided in 'Office' to link each other together, in particular Word and Outlook. I don't have the time right now to research this, hopefuly someone around here will have an idea or two (heya M$ where are ya), but I'd google something like 'closed system messaging' "network messaging", ' computer communications', or 'offline PC networking', for a start. We are thinking that in a closed network you should be able to use Outlook to communicate through the adminstrators PC. The question arises about how many computers you are trying network as the more you have the more power you will need then it gets to a point where I think you would have to have a dedicated server to process the info. In a small network a regular PC should be able to handle this. Another consideration is if you are wireless or solidly connected too. If you're wireless you will want to set up your router's security settings to only allow access by the people in the network or you'll have a big leak happening. Our feeble stab at this. As usual I stand to be corrected and educated.

Good luck let us know if you find an answer or two as we are the curious types and when I have a bit of spare time I'll see if I can find some other answers.

Another option would be to setup an IRC daemon as a chatting server, to which you will then be able to connect to through the server's internal IP address (so not your outside IP address).
And after some googling, I also came up with this: QuickMessenger. It uses windows NT/XP/2003's own builtin NET SEND, but also adds a nice interface. Just click the link

if you're running windows, it comes with NetSend built into it for exactly that.

http://www.lantalk.net/netsend/

^Well there ya go ^
And another google search brought this nice little utility that works in a secure manner within a network from Vigorous Enterprise using internal IPs, the link is > http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Network..._Messenger.html
Its not free, but it is not expensive either (like 20$) and it seems to have some nice features (check out the video options etc) as well as being a relatively small program (4465k).

Also check out ENat Offline> http://www.popularshareware.com/ENat-Offli...shot-12077.html
Clean Soft Network Messenger Free> http://cleansofts.com/get/437/1730/Secure_..._Messenger.html
And Bopup messenger > http://www.aptrio.com/Internet/Chat/bopup-...enses-4029.html

The ball be in your court now

Wow guys thanks im gonna try as many of these as possible and let you know which one works best.

Start > Run > winchat



A little rough to use right (it seems to have trouble connecting alot) and only works with 2 computers, but very simplistic.