Send message
Address book
An address book is a place where you can keep and organize your remote connections. Each connection represents a specific remote computer. Connections have properties such as the destination address, access password (if saved), color depth and so on.
Remote Utilities allows you to back up and encrypt your address books stored locally.
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The Send Message mode allows you to send a plain text message to a single remote computer or broadcast to multiple remote computers. The message will be immediately displayed on the remote computer's screen.
Sending a message to a single computer
On the General tab select Send message and double-click on a connection in your address book:
Alternatively, right-click on the connection icon and select Other modes → Send message from the menu:
Enter the access password and click OK:
The Send Message window will open. Type in your message and click OK to send it:
Broadcasting to multilple computers
- Select multiple connections by dragging your mouse cursor or holding down Ctrl or Shift key when selecting connections:
- Right-click on the selection and select Other modes → Send message from the menu.
Important!
If you are not currently logged in to the selected remote hosts, you will have to enter the password for each selected Host in the password prompt window.
- The Send Message window will open with a list of target computers on the left. Click OK to broadcast the message to the recipients:
