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Control Center
You can control how the Control Center discovers computers on your network and check or configure other network communication settings from the Control Center Properties. Right-click the Control Center icon in the left pane, select Properties, and then click on the Network tab.
To set the Startup Method for discovering computers:
These properties determine how the Control Center initializes its internal network configuration to discover or populate the Manage Computers view. The Control Center loads a computer list and can update computer status using the Active Directory.
Load Startup Computer List from File (default) - The Control Center loads computers from file at startup to populate the view. By using a file containing a computer list, you eliminate potential delays, problem domains, and/or unnecessary computers. You can define multiple lists. More...
Select - Click this button to choose a computer list to load at startup. The default list is NetConfig.xml. You can define multiple lists and load them for different purposes. More...
Edit - Click this button to edit the computer list currently selected for loading at Startup. You can add to or delete computers from the list, import a list to add, or save the list under a new name. The list loaded by default is NetConfig.xml, found in the main Spector 360 program folder. More...
To view or change Background Updating settings:
The Control Center uses background network communications to monitor activity continuously and to help administer a Client computer. These options determine how the Control Center handles background network communication tasks.
Background Update of Control Center - Check to enable background network activity. Clear this option to stop background updating.
Update Computer Information Only - Activated when you select "Discover All Network Computers." Check this option to update only those computers already in the Manage Computers view. Clear this option to update all computers in the list.
Update Interval - Sets the time interval in minutes for background updating. By default the Control Center starts the background updating process every five minutes. You can reduce network traffic by setting this property to a higher value. Most stable networks where users log on to their computers in the morning and log off in the evening do not need small values. Constant status updates are not necessary to Control Center functions. Experiment with this value to determine what best suits your situation.
Minimize Client Event Viewer Log On/Off Events - Check this option to reduce the logging of "Log On/Off" events. When the Control Center does its background polling, a log on/log off event is written to the Event Log on the Client computer. Enabling this setting reduces these events by about 10 times.
Auto Update Computer List Using ADSI Database - Check this option to update the computer list using Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI). Clear to have the Control Center service update computers on the loaded computer list.
Synchronize Computer List to ADSI Database - Check to change the Control Center computer list when the Active Directory changes. With this option selected any computers in the Active directory NOT in the computer list will be added to the computer list. Any computers NOT in the Active Directory will be removed from the computer list. Clear to use the Active Directory to update status only for computers in the list.
Display Network Errors in Dialog (in addition to logging to file) - This property determines whether or not the Control Center displays network errors on computer discovery in a dialog box as they occur. By default, this property is disabled, since all errors are recorded to the log file (see CEAdminRT.log discussed in General properties). To debug network-related problems, it may be helpful to temporarily enable (check) this option.
Startup Method