Configuring Document Tracking

Spector Pro allows you to adjust document tracking by changing the tracking for a specific drive, or by changing the Default Tracking settings that affect all drives. Following are some examples of how you might use some of the tracking options available.

Do Not Track

To stop capturing activity on a specific:

For example: By default, all four activities are tracked on your CD ROM D: drive. However, too much information is being recorded and you'd like to limit it.

1. Click the dropdown list next to Drive and click D. The selected drive appears in the field.

2. Click Do Not Track.

3. Click OK to save the changes you have made, or Cancel to remove them. The Settings window closes.

If you decide later to resume tracking the CD ROM D: drive:

1. Click the dropdown list next to Drive and click D. The selected drive appears in the field.

2. Click Use Default Tracking.

3. Click OK to save the changes you have made, or Cancel to remove them. The Settings window closes.

Custom Tracking

To capture activity on a specific drive that is NOT tracked:

For example: By default, no activity is tracked on your network P: drive. However, you suspect that files are being deleted from there and you want to be able to review this.

1. Click the dropdown list next to Drive and click P. The selected drive appears in the field.

2. Click Use Custom Tracking. The four activities listed to the right are no longer grayed out.

3. Click to select Track Writing to Existing Files, Track Deleting Files, and Track Renaming Files.

4. Click OK to save the changes you have made, or Cancel to remove them. The Settings window closes.

To change the tracking on a specific drive:

For example: By default, Spector Pro tracks all four document activities on your removable A: drive. Perhaps you only want to know if new files are being created and saved to this drive.

1. Click the dropdown list next to Drive and click A. The selected drive appears in the field.

2. Click Use Custom Tracking. The four activities to the right are no longer grayed out.

3. Click to select Track Creating New Files.

4. Click OK to save the changes you have made, or Cancel to remove them. The Settings window closes.

Change Default Tracking  

 To change the default tracking for all drives:

For example: By default, nothing is tracked on the network drives. However, you want to start watching all the activity on all of your network drives for a few days.  

1. Click on the Default Tracking button. The Default Document Tracking Settings window opens.

2. Do not change Track if. All four activities will still be tracked.

3. Click to select Network. Network, as well as CD / DVD and Removable drives will all be tracked.

4. Click OK to accept the changes you have made, or Cancel to reject them. The window closes.

5. Click OK to save the changes you have made, or Cancel to remove them. The Settings window closes.