Windows

I am monitoring a PC and a Windows 2008 server core. Both are in the same network and behind a firewall. The one who is up first shows up online in my mobile phone. For instance, if my pc is up, and the core starts up later, I can only manage my PC. When I shutdown my pc, I can monitor my core. If I start my pc, I cannot manage my pc, only my core server. So it seems i can have only run one PC Monitor behind my firewall. Can you help me with this?

Hi there Is it possible to start the maintenance mode via the commandline? (e.g. PCMonitorManager.exe call with param). My server performs a weekly reboot. I have a shutdown script which ends all services, task, etc. and a start script which starts them again after the reboot. Now, i have to manually start the maintenance mode, wait until the reboot over night is done, and then end the maintenance mode manually again. Is it possible that i can start the maintenance mode in my shutdown script, and exit maintenance mode in the start script? Thanks for any hint :-) Regards Simon

I am in the process of testing the software and have a question regarding the SQL Server module. Is it possible to monitor/control multiple instances of MS SQL Server on the same machine? From what I can see, the setup does not allow for this.

The server I added yesterday to PC monitor has been showing offline since late last night. The software installed without any problems, the service is running and everything seems fine from the server side but it still shows offline in the monitors (Application, phone and online). I've restarted the service, turned off the firewall and redownloaded and reinstalled the software to no avail. It was working fine yesterday when I installed it but now, nothing. What am I missing here?

Ok so I downloaded the newest version and launched the installer. It got to the end and gave the following error: Product: PC Monitor -- Error 1001. Error 1001. The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs: OAlerts. I only could select "OK" and did so which rolled back the install. I then attempted to reinstall and i get the following error: Error 1001. The specified service already exists. Again I can only click OK and then it rolls back. There are some temp files in the C:\Program Files\PC Monitor\ from the install. There is also something interesting where when I attempt to install I can actually laun…

I've just downloaded PC Monitor and really loving how it fits so much of our functions perfectly. Right now our company has a set of proprietary USB based devices that we keep plugged in our desktops. The problem is that this batch was poorly manufactured and has occasional failures. What we would like to do is able to be notified whenever one of the devices is no longer working in a USB port. I'm not sure if this is currently possible on the current version of PC Monitor or is there some other method to achieve this? Thanks!

Hello all, We've been running PC Monitor Enterprise here and everything is working correctly, however, the server only allows us to open the Server Administrator application if you are running it as the user that installed it. We have several server admins here who need to be able to run this, and the account that installed the software is my personal domain account, not a shared account. I'd rather not have to reinstall under a shared service account, so I thought I would check here first to see if there is a way to either give out permissions to other admins or if this is a bug with a fix. Thanks in advance, Jason Tham

We have two machines that we no longer have physical access to but do have MPM loaded onto it. We need to delete this machine from the MPM Dashboard but cannot find a delete option. I tried a net stop from command prompt via the console but it would not stop - I was hoping by stopping the service the machine would go offline and I would be able to right click and delete the machine. Any ideas on how to remove these two machines?

After long time use elder PC Monitor client (x86) on x64 Windows 7 got time to upgrade to x64. Got PCMonitor_x64.msi. Installation procedure was finished with remark so it can't stop "PC Monitor service" so will restart. Ok, I agreed. Restarted. Running PC Monitor confugirator on my WS tells so "can't start service". I thought old installations messed with new so first trying to repair PC monitor installation. Doesn't help. Trying to uninstall. Got that 1001 error. Tryed to remove mess by registry fixers (maybe wrong way but everything well only this don't) then went to Microsoft FixIt to uninstall rest of pc monitor. Then fully uninstalled .NET (extended, then …

Hi I'm confused. I have the service listed in my services, it is set to automatic, yet does not automatically start after a reboot. If I open monitor pc it offers to start the service, which it does successfully and all is fine again.. until I restart my computer again! Please help xp sp3

Hi When i try to validate my account, i get the following error: I tried to connect to this server via telnet, and i didn't get any error. I also restartet the pc monitor service, but the error remains. PC Monitor lost connection today at 01:37am. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks and regards Simon

OK, I've configured a server/workstation. I select Export settings. It saves the file. I go to a second server/workstation, and import the settings file. All check boxes checked on the import dialog. It reports all settings have been imported. But none appear to have been. No settings boxes are updated/changed/checked anywhere in any options. What am I doing wrong? Thanks!

I'm using the PC Dashboard with a direct internet connection (behind a firewall), but it throws a connection error (295). Is there a document defining the ports that need to be open for the dashboard application? I also tried to use our MS proxy server, but that also throws an error "(407) Proxy Authentication Required", despite having the correct details in there. Help!

I'm going to guess no because it freaked when I tried it but does the monitor support Win2K? My print server is old and virtual...plus it complains when I move it...thats my excuse for having a Win2K server still... Works great on Win2K8 and I love it...just was playing around with my last free lic before going to the bosses for money. Cheers

I had to reload my counters with a command in order to get CPU readings at all. I got that working, but now the only accurate CPU reading is the CPU tab. If I open the processes tab, some processes say 0% and others don't even show up. Do I need to reinstall? Windows 7 x64 intel core2 duo E8500 Mainboard MSI MS-7357 nVidia 470

Hi, I'm using version 2.8.1 on a XP machine (SP3). After startup the PCMonitorsrv.exe consumes 100% CPU for about 5 minutes, making the computer completely unresponsive. I've checked several setting and read the install instructions, but didn't found any clues what is causing this behaviour. Any Thoughts ? Kind Regards, Gertjan

When installing: PCMonitor_x86.msi on a Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition server I receive the following error: "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A DLL required for this install to complete could not be run. Contact your support personnel or package vendor." Please advise. Thank you, Carl Petito

Hello we have a PC that has been showing offline for over 3 weeks now even though its is on, i assumed there was a problem with PC monitor and follwoing other posts on this forum decided it may be best to uninstall and reinstall but when i try to uninstall from Add/Remove Programs i recieve the following error and it will not uninstall; Error 1001. Unable to get installer types in the C:\Programs Files\PC Monitor\PCMonitorSrv.exe assembley. --> Unable to load one or more of the requested types, Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information. This system is a Windows 7 32bit Any Help would be appreciated.

Hi, For a while i was monitoring the VSS service on our exchange server, I no longer need to monitor this service so i have deselected it from the manager software, however PC monitor still informs me when the the service stops/starts. anyone know how to resolve this? cheers

I am getting this error on the latest release (2.8). I have tried restarting and reinstalls with no success. I have been using PC Monitor for almost a ~year and this has only started recently.

Hello, ich have installed the pc monitor on a pc for testing. Now the PC is defect and i can't start the pc. How can i delete the pc from the monitoring? thanks uwe sorry, i know my english is bad, hope you cant read this :-)

I installed the x86 version and had no errors during install. Yet, the service will not start on the PC. I have checked the services to verify that is it listed and it is NOT. Upon uninstalling, an error came up as unable to uninstall since no service is listed. I re-installed the program, again with no errors, with the same issue resulting of the service not starting. Any ideas?! Have looked through registry but nothing stands out as obvious. Thanks!

Hi, I'am using a proxy server for our network computers. everything is working but workstations behind a proxy will not update windows. on the proxy there is no error that this is blocked. all the other functions are working on the computers (reboot, shutdown, installed software, eventviewer etc. etc.). does anybody know this problem to solve? Best regards, Marcel

Hi, When installing the 64x version I cannot specify an installation folder. This is causing the monitor to be installed in the root folder of C: How can this be changed.

I am running Windows 7 x64, I recently used my iPad to remove two accounts from monitoring. I am trying to open the desktop monitoring program to make some changes to one computer and it fails to open. I have rebooted, removed, reinstalled and rebooted again to no avail. The service is running but the monitoring program won't open. The dashboard program opens fine though. Markos