Feature Requests

Marius, I know you're thinking it's been too long since I last bugged you about pushing PCM configs via Group Policy. Please accept my apologies, and let's fix that now<g>. I've been thinking (always dangerous) that instead of ADM/ADMX, or home-brewed Group Policy Registry Preferences as I've proposed before, how about giving us a subfolder in %ProgramData% where we can drop XML exports. PCM will check the folder every 15 minutes and import them when it finds them, then delete them. Symantec Antivirus worked that way for years. We'd also have to have a way to delete monitored Events, Rules, etc. using the magic folder. Maybe export an XML file of the setting, …

I've found that my PC Monitor configuration changes tend to be retroactive. When something goes wrong with a machine, I think, "Sure wish I had a Notification set up for that." And that's when I do it. Currently, PC Monitor gives us a tool but it's up to us to make it useful. So we all have to reinvent the wheel. For example, in the Windows world, we all want to know when System/EventLog/6008 occurs (unexpected shutdown) but we might not think of creating a Notification until it happens. Many more are less universal, but would still have broad appeal. I'd like to see a PC Monitor Repository containing exports of useful PCM settings. User-submitted & MMSoft-submi…

Hello! I haven't found a way to do this. What I would love to see is the ability to mark the notifications as read/addressed in the console/iOS app, essentially resetting it to green without deleting the notification entirely, so that we can keep a log of the notifications.

Please add auto-update for Dashboard.

We manage over 100 servers most of which run Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2. We would love the ability to have reports generated for successful or unsuccessful Windows Server 2008 or R2 backups. This is the only thing holding me back from moving forward with your software.

I actually monitor 23 HP Proliant Servers. I will love to monitor the most possible HP hardware component like Smart Array SAS controllers. Even a module to inspect the HP Integrated Log Management. ILO2 support would be dreamy

Please add a Search feature that lets you search on keywords, and a Filter feature that filters the list to a specific time range, event ID, and event source. Especially important on the phone.

I'd like to be able to set Event Log notifications for logs in the "Microsoft" folder & subfolders on Win 6.x. (And other vendors' folders, if found on the system.)

Hello, I've been thinking these days about a way to know the latency between the host computer and the end device, this feature can be useful in identifying lag spikes and network functionality between a monitored server and mobile device's network (the one you're testing). This can be performed in a series of ping tests between the host and mobile's network. This can be troublesome if the router or firewal on mobile's end is blocking ICMP requests. Let me know what you think about it. This would be a great tool when you need to connect vpn clients in a new network to know how bad it will work . Paul.

Here are some feature requests I wanted to share, to see if you (the main Developer), or other users like. Hope these are inspiring. --Notifications to add: - Would it be possible to detect the difference between a Sleep and Hibernate (for a suspended state) I am pretty sure windows broadcasts a WM message, or sends it to some WndProcs or something similar to decypher the difference. - Under the users section, could you add: When a user locks the computer (and report the user name that locked it) When a user unlocks the computer (and report the user name that unlocked it) - Supporting the 12 hour clock would also be nice, since I am use to that, and its easi…

I would like to suggest that a ticker gadget be made for Windows 7. I would love to monitor my systems, but dont want to take up alot of space on my screen. This would be great if it was scalable.

Could you add information about hardware BIOS versions and dates for each computer. Therefore we can also monitor any updates required for all hardware

I just thought of another suggestion that would be very helpful. It would be great to have an option on the terminal window, to have it so that when cmd.exe is launched as a process on the client computer, then it is within the context of the currently logged on user (will probably need to do token impersonation of explorer.exe or some other hack-around). Another solution would be to have the NT service spawn as interactive (run under the token context of the current user/a specified user) Because the service is non-interactive, and is running under the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM (which can also be see by running 'whoami' in the console - or something like Process Hacker …

an option in the dashboard for Teamviewer and VNC would be nice, just like the RDP connection now but two more options. vnc option could simple launch you vnc application (RealVNC, UltraVNC, TightVNC, etc...) with the IP field filled in. TeamViewer option would need to have some integration with your teamviewer account so it knows that system is accessible. same for Android would be nice as well...

Hi: I dont now if is a bug When i try to start a remote desktop to a server from the windows dashboard it trying to connect to a WAN IP for that server, this con not be done. If you want to connect from Internet to a more than one server in the same network, you must change the remote desktop port in every server to a diferent port. By default all server has a 3389 TCP port to Remote Desktop or Terminal Server. You must put in the Windows App a configuring option for remote Desktop in each Server. Also if a good idea put a selection option for connect as "Console Mode" (Admin mode for Vista Sp1 or better).

Hey there. First off, I must say that your app is great. I really enjoy the WOL feature (its like LogMeIn's but better), and the remote power actions + more (lock, hibernate, sleep, log off, etc). Another feature I would find to be very helpful would be the ability to download (or view) remote files when browsing the HDDs. I know I could use LogMeIn Ignition on the iPhone to drop files from my PC into my Dropbox, but it would be great to have the functionality built into this application... or at least be able to perform remote file operations - such as copying/cutting a file from folder c:\box into a different folder (like c:\dropbox) Just a suggestion to m…

I would like to be able to open up a port and then send a string to that port and compare the data that is returned, bad data or no data returned would put up a flag that the server is having issues. This would tell me that the application is working correctly. If you can do this and add in a way to run a SQL query against a MSSQL server and compare the results, I would buy this product in a heart beat! Thank you. Randy

I would love to be able to send a query to my MS SQL server and compare the contents of what is returned. This would test that the server is working properly. Another test would be to test that I can login properly as SA or another user. Thanks. Randy

...but not enough. I'd like to configure PCM to attempt a TCP or UDP connection to specific port(s) on remote computer(s) to verify that they're listening. For example, verify that TCP 3389 is listening on a Remote Desktop Session Host, or UDP 53 on a DNS server. You don't have to have much running for a PING test to pass, so it's a pretty minimal test. But in addition, Ping is often exempted from IPSec. So by checking for other protocols that aren't exempted from IPSec, you can also get an idea if IPSec is your connectivity problem.

First of all : great product ! It still needs some tweaking to become mature , But looking at the changes in the last months and the planned new features i'm really hoping to get rid off Kaseya very soon and replace it with PC Monitor . I've got a feature request : in our company It is common that external software consultants get access to servers for software updates of there products or changes in there software configuration. We do give these external consultants a separate admin account to logon. same case with junior system admins , they get a separate account. When things go wrong on a server often the sofware guys and the network admin guys point a…

It would be useful to be able to notify if a PC's Smart either gets tripped, or too many errors occur

Dear developers, we are using your fantastic software since a week. Right now: Your tool rescued my weekend by reporting an administrative error. A downtime statistic would be interesting for me. We work with external it consultants and i have to controll them. Therefore it would help to get a detailed statistic of each machine. Our contractors guarantee an specified service level. This consists of an ratio uptime to downtime etc. Is to implement this feature possible? We need the downtime of machines, services and special server components like Exchange, SQL etc. With best regards Carsten

Currently, when I view an Event, then close it to return to the Events list, the list returns to the latest Event. This means that when I've scrolled down through (say) 20 "pages" of Events to get to the Event I want to view, I then have to scroll down those same 20 pages to get back to the next Event. This makes the Event log feature nearly useless unless it's a very recent Event. When I close an Event, please return me to the same page from which I opened it.

Fantastic software! I've been wanting this exact type of product for years now! I've got a couple of requests... Exchange DAG/database Monitoring: Viewing the status of databases and copies (healthy, mounted, suspended, ect) and being able to mount or activate them. This can all be done via PowerShell which I see is on your roadmap. Sort Processes by users (beneficial on Terminal Servers) or in the users logged on section, show processes by that users selected and have the option to kill. Once again great product! Planning on migrating many of my clients over to it! Roadmap looks impressive!

The Windows "Action Center" posts a message if antivirus is not running, or is out of date.  Assuming you have a way to grab this info, a Notification from PCM would be welcome.