Windows XP Pocket Reference

Name

Msg — \windows\system32\msg.exe

Synopsis

Msg is used to send a text message to a single user or all currently logged-on users on any computer on your network. The message will appear as a pop-up message box. Msg accepts the following options:

msg recipient [/server:name] [/time:sec] [/v] [/w] [message]

Option	Description
message	The text message to send.
recipient	The username, session name, session ID, or filename to receive the message. Specify an asterisk (*) to send a message to all sessions on the specified server.
/server:name	Specify /server:name to send the message to users on another machine, where name is the name of a Terminal Server.
/time:sec	Indicates the amount of time, in seconds, to wait for the recipient to acknowledge the message being sent.
/v	Verbose mode; displays additional information.
/w	Wait for a response from the recipient, useful with /v.