<p>Is it possible to produce an alert similar to JavaScript's alert("message") in python, with an application running as a daemon.</p>

<p>This will be run in Windows, Most likely XP but 2000 and Vista are also very real possibilities.</p>

<p>Update:<br />
This is intended to run in the background and alert the user when certain conditions are met, I figure that the easiest way to alert the user would be to produce a pop-up, as it needs to be handled immediately, and other options such as just logging, or sending an email are not efficient enough.</p>

what about this:
```
```
import win32api

win32api.MessageBox(0, 'hello', 'title')
```
```
Additionally:
```
```
win32api.MessageBox(0, 'hello', 'title', 0x00001000)
```
```
will make the box appear on top of other windows, for urgent messages. See
MessageBox function
for other options.