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Additional administrator utility and settings information, Automatically launched utilities

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5 Additional administrator utility and settings information This section provides additional information about utilities and settings available for administrators. • Automatically launched utilities • Utilities affected by log off, restart, and shut down • Using the Unified Write Filter • Using Application Launch Manager • Using xData Cleanup Manager • Saving files and using local drives • Mapping network drives • Participating in domains • Using the Net and Tracert utilities • Managing users and groups with user accounts • Changing the computer name of a thin client Automatically launched utilities The following utilities start automatically after you turn on the system, or after you log in to the thin client: • Unified Write Filter-After you turn on the system, the Unified Write Filter utility starts automatically. The icon in the notification area of the taskbar indicates the active or inactive status of the Unified Write Filter. For more information, see Using the Unified Write Filter (UWF). NOTE: While the Dell Wyse Write Filter icons and functionality are currently supported, Dell recommends you to use the UWF as described in the Microsoft documentation available at www.microsoft.com, and navigate to the Unified Write Filter documentation. • Application Launch Manager- The Application Launch Manager (ALM) version 1.0 enables you to start any application based on predefined events such as service startup, user log off or system shutdown in session zero. The application also allows you to configure multi-level logs which is essential for easy troubleshooting. • xData Cleanup Manager- xData Cleanup Manager (xDCM) version 1.0 keeps extraneous information from being stored on the local disk. xDCM can be used to automatically clean-up directories used for temporary caching of information. Clean-up is triggered on either service startup, user logoff, or system shutdown. It does the clean-up invisibly to the user and is completely configurable. • VNC Server-After you log in to your thin client, the Windows VNC Server utility starts automatically. VNC allows a thin client desktop to be accessed remotely for administration and support. For more information, see Using Tight VNC to Shadow a thin client. Utilities affected by log off, restart, and shut down The following utilities are affected by logging off, restarting, and shutting down the thin client device: • Unified Write Filter-After you turn on the system, the Unified Write Filter utility starts automatically. Dell recommends you to use the UWF as described in the Microsoft documentation. For more information, see www.microsoft.com, and navigate to the Unified Write Filter documentation. Additional administrator utility and settings information 27

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Additional administrator utility and settings
information
This section provides additional information about utilities and settings available for administrators.
Automatically launched utilities
Utilities
affected
by log
off,
restart, and shut down
Using the
Unified
Write Filter
Using Application Launch Manager
Using xData Cleanup Manager
Saving
files
and using local drives
Mapping network drives
Participating in domains
Using the Net and Tracert utilities
Managing users and groups with user accounts
Changing the computer name of a thin client
Automatically launched utilities
The following utilities start automatically after you turn on the system, or after you log in to the thin client:
Unified
Write Filter
—After you turn on the system, the
Unified
Write Filter utility starts automatically. The icon in the
notification
area
of the taskbar indicates the active or inactive status of the
Unified
Write Filter. For more information, see
Using the
Unified
Write Filter
(UWF)
.
NOTE:
While the Dell Wyse Write Filter icons and functionality are currently supported, Dell recommends you to use the
UWF as described in the Microsoft documentation available at
www.microsoft.com
, and navigate to the
Unified
Write
Filter documentation.
Application Launch Manager
— The Application Launch Manager (ALM) version 1.0 enables you to start any application based on
pre-
defined
events such as service startup, user log
off
or system shutdown in session zero. The application also allows you to
configure
multi-level logs which is essential for easy troubleshooting.
xData Cleanup Manager
— xData Cleanup Manager (xDCM) version 1.0 keeps extraneous information from being stored on the local
disk. xDCM can be used to automatically clean-up directories used for temporary caching of information. Clean-up is triggered on either
service startup, user
logoff,
or system shutdown. It does the clean-up invisibly to the user and is completely
configurable.
VNC Server
—After you log in to your thin client, the Windows VNC Server utility starts automatically. VNC allows a thin client desktop
to be accessed remotely for administration and support. For more information, see
Using Tight VNC to Shadow a thin client
.
Utilities
affected
by log
off,
restart, and shut down
The following utilities are
affected
by logging
off,
restarting, and shutting down the thin client device:
Unified
Write Filter
—After you turn on the system, the
Unified
Write Filter utility starts automatically. Dell recommends you to use the
UWF as described in the Microsoft documentation. For more information, see
www.microsoft.com
, and navigate to the
Unified
Write
Filter documentation.
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