[Windows Service Status ie Auto, Manual etc]

Hello,

 

While the addition will be useful you can get the same information using powershell script with POTS plugin.

 

Get-WmiObject win32_service | select name, startmode

 

Paul

[Possible to log in user account from ios ?]

Hello Rune,

This is something Microsoft worked hard to secure. It can only be done by replacing the security provider Windows has built in with a COM library that implements the same interface the security provider uses.

In other words at this moment remote login is not supported, unless there is some sort of a powershell script that can do this and I haven't heard about it yet.

The only possible solution (the only one I know) is by creating one powershell script that create the autologon values in the registry, you restart the computer and at next load it will autologon, the use another powershell script to disable autologon by removing previously created values.

If you need help on creating the scripts or you are interested in creating an autologon plugin, let me know, I can help you.

Paul

[How is CPU usage computed?]

Hello,

 

Try rebuilding your performance counters. This has been already discussed here.

 

Rebuild performance counter with these steps:

1. Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box.
2. Right-click cmd in the Programs list, and then click Run as administrator.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation,
type your password or click Continue
3. At the command prompt, type the following line, and then press ENTER: Lodctr /r
4. You will receive the following message:
"Info: Successfully rebuilt performance counter setting from system backup store"
5. Exit Command Prompt

[Computer name - Missing feature , Citrix XenApp]

This is odd. Can you please tell me what steps you took and what happened. Maybe I can help.

[PC Monitor locks files]

Hello,

 

You can try using Unlocker to see who is locking the files. It's a handy freeware tool.

[Problems in upgrading from 3.6 to 3.7 in WinXP]

No. Make sure your service is running on the computer and the Manager application is closed.

 

Using the mobile device try to tap on the version item and select upgrade.

 

Wait a few minutes then if nothing changes look into the installation folder and try to see if there is a file called update.txt . Post here the contents of the file after you remove any personal details that may be included in the logs.

 

Paul.

[Problems in upgrading from 3.6 to 3.7 in WinXP]

This is odd. Have you uninstalled the old version before installing the latest one?

 

Paul.

[All reporting has stopped!]

I would like to add to Marius's reply that HTTPS ports 443 is only required in outbound connections. No port forwarding is required.

[Vembu StoreGrid Plugin 1.2]

Update: I did not forget about the plugin update, however it requires some backend changes that require me some extended time to find the best way to do it without over engineering it.

[email on event]

Hello,

 

The email notification will be sent whenever you receive a notification from the server. For instance, the shutdown notification will be resent every 15 minutes if you keep deleting the notification using your mobile client and the computer remains offline. Your best option here is to leave the offline notification on your mobile client and delete it only after you receive the "Is up and running" notification.

 

Paul

[service stops randomly]

Hello Dan,

 

Please enable Diagnostic Logging on the problematic installation.

To enable Diagnostic Logging in the Manager -> Settings -> Diagnostics and then click on the Enable Diagnostic Logging. Wait until the service crashes then have a look in the logging file called trace.log inside PC Monitor's installation directory. If you find anything unusual please post here the log (after you remove any personal information).

 

Also you could look inside Windows Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) to see why the service crashed.

 

Paul.

[notify - new file in folder]

Hello DieVAMeister,

 

You can achieve folder monitoring easily via a plugin.

 

Here is a link that will get you on the right track:

 

http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/26528/C-Application-to-Watch-a-File-or-Directory-using-F

 

If you are new to MPM plugins you can get started here.

 

Good Luck,

Paul.

[Hyper-v notifications]

I don't think it's possible for the hypervisor to know if the vm has frozen but an offline notification for virtual machines can be useful I guess.

 

This can be achieved via a plugin too, in case you are interested in trying it out you can get started here.

 

Paul.

[Security Plugin 1.4]

Let me know if you encounter any problems with it.

[Vembu StoreGrid Plugin 1.2]

Yes, I have started working on it today. I finished most of it but I will post the updated version tomorrow. Are you interested in any other features (other than the ones you already requested)?

 

Paul

[Plugin Localization]

Hello Everyone,

 

I am currently considering providing internationalization support for my plugins. Is there any interest on this, can this feature help anyone?

 

Thank your for your feedback.

 

Paul.

[Security Plugin 1.4]

I have updated the first post with a link to the new plugin. Thank you for your patience, I apreciate it.

[Share: Ping notification - network connected devices / kids monitoring]

Cool idea you got. I like the way you setup static IPs via the router's DHCP Static IP via MAC addresses. Kudos on the idea.

[Restricting Internet Acces / Monitoring]

You can block these services in various ways:

 

1. Create a zone for each website you wish to block and make it point to 127.0.0.1 (two A records should do this).
2. Use a transparent proxy server that blocks access to those domains and enforce that proxy server via Active Directory (or use Kerio Control).
3. Have an entry in the hosts file for each website you wish to block on each computer.
4. Fire the employees that use social networking websites at work .

As far as I know monitoring an employee's activity is not legal in all countries.

 

Good Luck,

Paul.

[Notify when a new device is connected to the wifi network]

Hello TheBigDogz,

 

I see you are trying to setup PC Monitor to notify you if a specific set of IP Addresses in your network are not reachable. Recently Ping Notification feature has been updated so that you will receive a notification if a monitored IP Address was notified to be offline and has become back online at a later time.

 

Basically you need to normally setup your Ping notification for the IP Addresses you are interested, shut them down and you will receive a notification that they are offline but when they come back online you will get another notification saying that the device is now back online.

 

If you wish to disable the offline notification for Ping Monitoring you will have to create a feature request here.

 

Hope this helps,

Paul.

[ESXi hosts]

Hello chillisoft,

 

I think PC Monitor does that too. What kind of information can you see if you browse a host?

 

Paul.

[Vembu StoreGrid Plugin 1.2]

If my plugin still works the it's latest. They like to change parameter count for methods when they update breaking my plugin so if it works I'm using latest

[Vembu StoreGrid Plugin 1.2]

my Boss would be interrested in donating some kind of compensation to you for extending the possibilities of this plugin for that matter.

Please send my regards to your Boss and please ask him to take the compensation and donate to charity. I like doing my 'extra' work for free thus I will not accept any monetary rewards for my plugins.

I will be looking over the plugin changes over the weekend. Also maybe you can apply some pressure on Vembu to extend their API to support more things because at the moment it's a complete mess and very hard to work with, I've tried multiple times to ask them to add some features for the API but nothing happened.

I will post here an update when I have completed the new version.

Thank you for using my plugin .

Paul.

[Vembu StoreGrid Plugin 1.2]

No, that alone should work. I will take a look at it when I add the new feature, sounds like a bug.

 

Thanks.

 

Edit: Is there anything else you would like to do from my plugin?

[Vembu StoreGrid Plugin 1.2]

I will implement multi-server functionality on the next version. You should expect a new version during this week.

 

Paul.