Sending System State Commands To One Or More Computers - Symantec PCANYWHERE 12.0 User Manual

150 Supporting computers and servers remotely
What you can do during a remote management session

Sending system state commands to one or more computers

To lock a computer or log off a user during a remote management session
1
In the Session Manager window, on the left navigation bar, under Session
Manager, click Remote Management.
2
Under Remote Management, click Change Computer State.
3
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
Allow user to cancel
Message to display
Close open programs
without saving data
5
Click Send.
Symantec pcAnywhere lets you send a shut down, restart, log off user, or lock
computer command to one or more computers without starting a full remote
session. When you select one of these commands, pcAnywhere prompts you for
caller logon credentials and configuration information to connect to the host
computers. If the host computers are running Windows XP/2003 Server/2000/NT,
the operating system might also prompt you for computer logon credentials.
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.
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.
Sends a confirmation prompt to the host user.
This option is available only if you select Prompt user.
Lets you type a message that you want to send to the host
user.
This option is available only if you select Prompt user.
Forcibly closes any programs that are running.
The user will lose any unsaved data.