The "Send Message" window

Here you can send a message to the computers selected in the lower area. In this way, for example, you can announce a pending update or upgrade and ask the respective operators to stop all activities and close the affected applications.

Type the message text in the "Enter message" area and in the list select the computers that are to receive the message. Click "OK" to send the message to the computers you have selected.

The following window opens on the selected computers:

This window will pop up on top of all other open windows on the target computer. Click "OK" to close the message box again.

The "All" option in the lower area is enabled by default. The message is then sent to all computers currently connected to the PMC. The corresponding computers are selected in the list. Computers that are not connected cannot be selected (see screenshot). Disabling the "All" option will deselect all selected computers. You can then select individual target computers to be notified.