Paul

Yes. You cannot have a windows service interact with a user's sessions. Ask yourself the following questions:
 
On what user session the service should start the application? What if there are multiple user's logged in? Does a windows service really need to know about a user, afterall it's a service not an application. You want to create a scheduled task that is set to impersonate a user and start an application. You will also want to set it's schedule to manual, then invoke it from the mobile app.
 
Good luck.

Thank you, we were aware of that label in Task Manager, I thought that you have experienced slow start times on your Windows 8...
  The User Agent app uses 300 ms CPU and 11.5 MB Disk I/O on startup. After commenting all the code in the app start call the app it is still using 200 ms CPU and 7.8 MB Disk I/O and it's still being reported as High usage. It's a .NET app, maybe that's the reason.   Looks like there's no way to reduce this further but you can use the PC Monitor Manager settings to disable it if you wish.  

Well anyone with Windows machines is aware of this problem. If you find it annoying just disable windows update notifications on all machines but one so in this way you will know when Microsoft pushed updates to production and then you can issue group windows update commands.

Hello,

As I am a big fan of home made backup scripts, my servers have a lot of scheduled tasks running at different hours, however I have some windows where no backup is running. During this time I can perform maintenance tasks like windows updates, restarts.

I would like to have ,if possible, the Start time displayed on each Scheduled Task and a sorting feature similar to the Process page that can allow me to sort by Name or Start Date.

Any feedback on this idea?

Paul

Great one Paul - we will be add support for Azure management and monitoring, thanks!

Speaking of which I have a brilliant idea I must share: Azure Cloud Monitoring and Management. Technology changes and we must change too. People are moving their servers into the cloud so we should be able to monitor the cloud too.
 
Imagine the possibility of being notified if a virtual machine has reached it's limits or checking your usages right from your mobile phone.

Yes true or:
 
Get-WmiObject -Query "SELECT * FROM win32_service WHERE startmode='auto'"
 
Still not as quick as listing it in the PC Monitor GUI and making the column header "Startup Type" sortable as the Services mmc does in Windows.

Thanks, I think that resolved it.  I had seen that thread earlier, but I thought it was only for situations where the CPU usage wasn't being reported at all.  Thanks for the help!

Hi Raf,
 
If you delete the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MMSOFT Design\PC Monitor\ComputerName entry in the master image before that image is distributed the PC Monitor agent will display the default computer name. You can try deleting the entry on one of the production servers to see the result.
 
Hope this helps.
 
Regards,
Marius

I restarted my computer and got it to work w/o a problem following your direction.  Thanks!

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

I've finished implementing implementing the new plugin version however I am not officially releasing it until I've done enough testing and I would like to add firewall monitoring too.
 
Here is the BETA version that contains some new API features, correct notification messages and the ability to enable and disable overall plugin notifications from the mobile client. It requires Agent Version 3.4.1+.
 
Download link: removed .
 
Paul

In late January, tried to download and could not. Indeed already working. Awesome! Thank you.

I found an interesting use w/ the Ping notification (with help of another in the forum) feature of PC Monitor.  I am currently using it to monitor the "ON/OFF" status of my WDTVs, net connected TVs and android phones in my wifi network.
 
I basically setup my wifi router to assign monitored devices with specific IP based on individual MAC address.  It is easier to deal w/ IPs than the resolved network name since not all devices can resolve to a name on the network.  After that, you can setup these IPs in the Ping notification entries in PC Monitor and assign them appropriate alias such as "Living Room TV" etc.  You will then get notification when these devices go online and offline.
 
WIth the same approach, you can setup your kid's phone / laptop the same way and monitor them via pinging.  Most kids these days are tied to their phones so their phone's ON/OFF ping status would tell you whether they are home or not.  
 
Just thought I would share.
 
http://forum.pulseway.com/topic/705-notify-when-a-new-device-is-connected-to-the-wifi-network/
 

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

Hello,
 
Take a look at this thread http://forum.pulseway.com/topic/661-offline-notification/?hl=offline

You can enable ping notifications between your workstations so if one is down you get an alert from the other one.

It would be really useful to have a network Interface notification if the status changes from Up to Down or vice versa. In particular I have a couple of clients who use Microsoft RRAS VPN demand dial interfaces and although I can view these in PC Monitor and see the status and network usage graph, being able to be notified if they are down would be great.

We are in the alpha stage with the Remote Control feature and it's working really well. No other ports will need to be opened in the firewall, it will just work over https.
 
This feature will be first available to Enterprise Server customers and as soon as we enter the beta stage it will be available for testing.

Hello Jonah,
 
Try importing it manually:
 
Run mmc.exe File -> Add / remove snap-in. Double click on Certificates from the left list On the popup select Computer Next -> Finish -> Ok Double click on certificates item from the mmc window. Double click on Personal Category. Select Certificates item From menu, select Actions -> All actions -> Import Try importing the certificate using that wizard. Make sure you mark the key as exportable.
 
Hope this helps,
Paul.

Most likely because the mobile app installation ID has changed - this happens after a reinstall. In most cases the new ID is being updated automatically on all agents but sometimes we cannot detect the reinstall and you have to manually do this.

Further to this I had Windows 8 running in Bootcamp on my Mac Book pro so installed the app on here and it worked fine.
 
Today I have installed the newest NVidia drivers on my PC so have gone from 306.97 to 310.70 and now the application is working fine.
 
I guess its fairly safe to assume that the problem is related to graphics drivers and that hopefully the issue is resolved as drivers are updated. 

happy new year paul
 
i knew you would say that, you missed my major point. of course you can bundle different products for marketing purposes, microsoft also sells powerpoint and access in a bundle wich has nothing to do with each other.
 
but there is an access development team not really interacting with the powerpoint development team and both creating a product where access could become an excellent product and powerpoint a very poor piece of software. if they create a poweraccesspoint it would be a poor product overall and the market for access is open for an other solution on the market that focusses it better.

A new agent update has been released (v3.5) and it includes a fix for this issue as well.   Thanks for your help.

Version: 1.1.0 Beta
Author: Chillisoft: John Rickman
Minimum PC Monitor Version: 3.3.1

* Tested Platforms:

Operating Systems: Windows 7 Professional
Products: Ninite One
Server Operating Systems: Windows Web Server 2008 R2

* Features:

- Allows manual triggering of the Ninite One application to silently update applications
- Notifies when the report from the above process has completed
- Must have a paid subscription for Ninite Pro

* Installation:

1. Copy all files from the 'NiniteOne' folder to any folder in your computer. It is recommended you place the contents in the root of C:\
2. Place niniteone.exe in the same directory
3. Go to 'Plugins' tab from PC Monitor Manager and click 'Add'.
4. Select 'NiniteOnePlugin.dll' from the path you used at step 1.
5. Use the 'Configure' option to Set the properties.  
   - change the Ninite One folder to be the location used in Step 1.  
   - change the AD Domain to be you own Active Directory location.
   - all other properties can be left as default
   - to test the plugin, simply edit the application list to test for a single application
6. The Applications_All.txt file in the folder from Step 1 should be edited to add or remove appropriate applications for the network.  This file needs to have a complete list of applications for your network, as it is used when the 'All Apps' button is pressed.
7. It is required that an Account with the necessary Active Directory and application Installation access for the domain is used to run the PC Monitor service.
8. Ensure that niniteone.exe is placed in the same directory

* Usage:

1. Make sure you have an account configured in PC Monitor Manager, the plugin is installed and the PC Monitor service is started.
2. Open your favorite PC Monitor client (mobile, web UI)
3. Scroll down and click the 'Run Ninite One' option

* Credits:

MMSoft Design Ltd. for all the support and help in designing the plugin.
John Rickman for everything else.

* Support:

For support you can contact Chillisoft.

Thank you for using the plugin!
Niniteone V1.1.zip