SUMMARYCurrent version: 2.22
Price: from $ 99.95
Free Trial: no time limit,3 Agents
OS: Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, 2000, Server 2003
Obtain software and hardware configuration.
Block computers from browsing predefined web sites.Web visited report
Blocking Applications,Applications used report.Application and Web Site Descriptions Management
File Operations Log(accessed, copied, created, deleted, moved, printed, renamed and restored files). Prevent computer user from copying data(Disable USB/1394 etc .Device) Viewing and Deleting Shared Folders
Monitor more than one agent computers at the same time. Automatic Snapshots Tracing. Play back the latest history snapshots.
Record their chats and instant messages
Remote control to configure or maintain computer. Send messages or commands to the agent computer. Lock the agent computer to disable its keyboard and mouse instantly. To log out, restart or show down computer with PC-Monitor. Wake up computers which support Wake-On-Lan.
Real-time alerts when predefined rules are hit in agent computers. Events can trigger alerts include change of computer, name, change of IP address, change of Network MAC, change of hardware, change of software, change of system time, running specified applications, browsing specified web sites and performing specified file operations.
Network Ports Management
Software Deployment
Server SettingPC-Monitor Server stores and manages the data gathered from all computers with PC-Monitor Agent installed. For security reasons, only one computer or server computer can operate PC-Monitor Server so that any unauthorized PC-Monitor Server can be easily detected. If you start up an extra PC-Monitor Server when an authorized PC-Monitor Server is already operating within the same network, the system will give a warning message informing you that there is already an PC-Monitor Server running in the network and stop the latter PC-Monitor Server from running. The main operation of PC-Monitor Server includes starting up, stopping and closing the Server, backing up data history and setting options used by PC-Monitor Server.
1.Starting, Stopping and Closing PC-Monitor Server
After installation, PC-Monitor Server should be started automatically whenever the Windows is started. You can Click PC-Monitor Server from the program folder in the Start menu to start PC-Monitor Server manually.
If another PC-Monitor Server is already running within the same network, the system will report to user about the IP address of the operating PC-Monitor Server and exit.
If you want to run PC-Monitor Server in a new computer, please close PC-Monitor Server in other computer.
An icon will appear in the Windows Taskbar once PC-Monitor Server is successfully started up.
Right click the PC-Monitor Server icon and a popup menu will appear.
User can start or stop the operation of PC-Monitor Server. If PC-Monitor Server stops to operate, the PC-Monitor Server icon turns grey.
[Note： When you choose to start or stop PC-Monitor Server, the system will ask you to enter username and password to determine if you have right to do so. Initially, the system provides a default administrator account which username is “admin” and password is not empty. Administrator can manage user account in PC-Monitor Console. Please refer to “User Management”]
2.Backing up Snapshot History
[Note: User must have “Setting” right to configure backup setting.]
The screen snapshots history of computer is stored in a single independent file. The file size of snapshot history can be very large. If snapshot histories are very important, you can choose to back up those histories for future use. In the menu of PC-Monitor Server, choose ToolsOptions and then choose the Backup tab:
The snapshots history backup parameters include the following:
Type: This parameter sets the type of the removable device of PC-Monitor Server.
Type of backup device includes:
None: No backup device. The automatic backup process will not be activated;
Disc: Choose this option if the backup device is CDRW, DVDRW or network drive. Please make sure that the specified removable device allows direct read and write function, just like what a hard disk can do. You may enter the path of the removable device directly or click the browsing button to choose the path through the pop up window.
Tape: Choose this option if the tape device is used as the backup device. The tape drive index should be specified. The index of first tape drive is 0. Change the index so that PC-Monitor Server can locate the tape drive. You can press Validate to test whether the selected tape drive is ready or not.
Time： To set the starting time of automatic backup. The procedure for storing screen snapshot history is shown in the following diagram:
If disc or tape drive is selected, the automatic backup will be activated. User can choose the time interval for automatic copying of screen records to backup device:
First start on every day: Start copying when the Server starts running every day;
Every day at…: Start copying at a specified time;
Days to keep records: This parameter sets the number of days the backup history will be kept in the server. The default value is 5 days.
3.Tapes Operations
[Note: PC-Monitor does not support all tape drives. Please contact us or our reseller to check if PC-Monitor supports your tape drive. Currently, PC-Monitor supports HP DAT24 compatible tape drive.]
3.1 Format
Before backup, you should use the tape format function provided by PC-Monitor to format the tape to the format used by PC-Monitor. In the menu of PC-Monitor Server, choose ToolsFormat Tape to format the tape. If the tape you insert is already formatted, PC-Monitor Server will remind you that the tape is already formatted
Once the formatting is completed, the following window will be prompted.
3.2 Unlock Tape
The system will lock the tape drive after the backup starts. After backing up histories, if you want to eject the tape from the tape drive, choose ToolsUnlock Tape in the menu of PC-Monitor Server to unlock the tape drive and you can eject the tape from the tape drive.