Using "hotkey" to run script

[DT]

Hi,

I have two medical centres who frequently have disruptive and sometimes
violent patients/customers in their reception areas. They would like some
very simple solution to alert all staff that there is an issue so they can
respond - something faster than currently using phone or screaming

I thought that the easiest way to do this is to turn the messenger service
on for all PC's and create a script using net send (net send * HELP ME! ).
The issue is that grabbing a mouse to launch the script is not always
possible. Can anyone suggest a key customisation application that would
allow me to assign, say a function key) to this script meaning all they have
to do is hit one key on one of the reception PC's?

Thanks for your help

Darren

 

[Newbie Coder]

Darren,

There are many tools out there to do the hotkey assignment, but they will
need to launch say a batch file with the net send command in

A few years back I used to look after 24, 000 GP surgery computers & they
were nailed down not to run batch files etc but not sure in your surgery

Here is a list of freeware hotkey tools:

http://www.freewarehome.com/index.h...me.com/System_Utilities/Keyboard_Tools_p.html

Here's a complete list:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q="Hotkeys",+"Freeware"&meta=

Net Send info for XP:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/net_send.mspx?mfr=true

If Net Send won't work:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839018

The batch file could be something simple like:

 

[DT]

Thanks Newbie

Darren,

There are many tools out there to do the hotkey assignment, but they will
need to launch say a batch file with the net send command in

A few years back I used to look after 24, 000 GP surgery computers & they
were nailed down not to run batch files etc but not sure in your surgery

Here is a list of freeware hotkey tools:

http://www.freewarehome.com/index.h...me.com/System_Utilities/Keyboard_Tools_p.html

Here's a complete list:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q="Hotkeys",+"Freeware"&meta=

Net Send info for XP:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../xp/all/proddocs/en-us/net_send.mspx?mfr=true

If Net Send won't work:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839018

The batch file could be something simple like:

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@echo off
net send /users There's a nutter at the front desk

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Now, use a hotkey utility to map to the batch file...

I hope this helps,

 

[SingaporeWebDesign]

Hello,

Create a shortcut to the BAT file performing the net send and assign a
shortcut key to it (right-click, properties).

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