Message Manager Deluxe - I don't have a login script, how can I use Message Manager Deluxe?

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The instructions for using Message Manager Deluxe only specify how to imlpement it via a login script. There are many different ways to use Message Manager Deluxe within your organization. This will explain some other options for running Message Manager Deluxe.

Remotely running

If the target computer has Windows 2000 or newer operation system you can enable Remote Desktop on the computer.
Then you can connect to the remote computer and you will see the desktop
Copy the loadmsg.exe and the message.dat file from the network or a shared location to the hard drive.
Lastly you can launch loadmsg.exe from that folder to show the user the message.
Another option is to use Real VNC to remotely connect to the desktop and launch our Message Manager Deluxe software.

Push from server to client

Many of our customers have software on every client computer which allows them to push/install software remotely. You can use this feature to show loadmsg.exe
LanDesk software program supports pushing software to a remote computer: LANDesk. You can also find software via Google Search

Windows Startup

Note: For this example you must have access to the target computer.
First copy loadmsg.exe and the message you want to load to a network share, cd, USB disk, or other media.
Go the the computer(s) you want to run Message Manager Deluxe on, copy the loadmsg.exe and message.dat files locally
Create a shortcut to loadmsg.exe
Edit the properties on that shortcut and change the Target path
Add the name (and path) of the message.dat file you want to show
Click OK to save the changes to the shortcut
Copy this shortcut to the Start Menu's StartUp folder
Each time the computer is started (for that user) it will launch loadmsg.exe
You can use also our WinStartup Utility to accomplish the same task, but in more of a hidden way. This will do the same action as above but hide the startup in the Windows registry.

FAQ for Message Manager Deluxe v3.03

I don't have a login script, how can I use Message Manager Deluxe?