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08-Oct-2009, 06:51 PM #1
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Does anybody know any free programs for LAN chat that don't require fussing with all the conencting it just scans your Network for other clients. Any suggestions? I have tried Google but their all crap. It needs to be compatible with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
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08-Oct-2009, 07:15 PM #2
I'm not sure what you mean about fussing with all the connecting, a chat program is going to have to connect to SOMETHING in order to manage chat sessions across a LAN.

Have you checked out OpenFire? It has LDAP integration so it will automatically create the users from AD. The client is also pretty brainless to set up.
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08-Oct-2009, 07:24 PM #3
I don't use an Active Directory seen as Vista Basic & Premium arn't compatible (damn it).
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08-Oct-2009, 08:31 PM #4
It is actually quite easy to manually setup the users and put them into groups.
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