User manual SYMANTEC PCANYWHERE 12.0

[. . . ] Symantec pcAnywhere User's Guide 10529206 Symantec pcAnywhereTM User's Guide The software described in this book is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Documentation version 12. 0 PN: 10529206 Legal Notice Copyright © 2006 Symantec Corporation. Federal acquisitions: Commercial Software - Government Users Subject to Standard License Terms and Conditions. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, Symantec pcAnywhere, Symantec Packager, ColorScale, SpeedSend, and LiveUpdate are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U. S. [. . . ] Allow user to cancel Sends a confirmation prompt to the host user. This option is available only if you select Prompt user. Message to display Lets you type a message that you want to send to the host user. This option is available only if you select Prompt user. Close open programs without saving data Forcibly closes any programs that are running. The user will lose any unsaved data. 5 Click Send. Locking a computer or logging off a user during a remote management session Symantec pcAnywhere lets you remotely lock a host computer or log off the user who is logged on to the host computer during a remote management session. The remote management session ends after you send the command. You can configure options for saving data and notifying the host user about the action that you are about to perform. For the log off command, you can prompt users to close open programs and save their work. You can also configure pcAnywhere to forcibly close open programs without saving data. This lets pcAnywhere close programs that might require user interaction to end a task (for example, saving a document). Some programs do not support forcible termination. The lock computer option is available on Windows XP/2003 Server/2000/NT only. If the host computer is running Windows Me/98, this command starts the Windows screen saver if one is configured on the host computer. For added security, the host user can password-protect the screen saver. This command does not support Windows XP Fast User Switching. 150 Supporting computers and servers remotely What you can do during a remote management session To lock a computer or log off a user during a remote management session 1 2 3 In the Session Manager window, on the left navigation bar, under Session Manager, click Remote Management. Under Remote Management, click Change Computer State. In the right pane, under Action to perform, select one of the following: Lock computer (Windows NT, 2000, 2003 Server, XP only) Log off user 4 Under Options, select one of the following: Prompt user Notifies the user about the action that you are about to perform. Select the number of seconds that the user has to respond to the prompt. If the timeout period expires, the action is carried out automatically. Allow user to cancel Sends a confirmation prompt to the host user. This option is available only if you select Prompt user. [. . . ] If you are connecting to a group that is configured on the Access Server, check Connect to a group. In the Group Name box, type the group name. In the Group password box, type the group password. Click OK. Ending a pcAnywhere Gateway session You can end an active session to prevent unauthorized access, to free resources, or at the request of a remote user. [. . . ]