Keystrokes Typed Settings

Spector Pro's advanced keystroke feature records every key pressed on the keyboard. You can also print a transcript of everything you see. See Viewing Keystrokes Typed.

Some non-Latin languages require more than one keystroke to create a character. For example, the user may type four keystrokes to create two characters. Characters, as well as keystrokes, are displayed.

Use these settings to:

  1.  Turn keystroke recording on and off.

  2.  Turn character information on and off.

  3.  Capture passwords as visible keystrokes or mask password entry.

Accessing Keystrokes Typed

To access the Keystrokes Typed pane:

  1. Open the Settings window.

  2. Click Keystrokes Typed under Recording in the in the left pane under Recording.

Customizing Keystroke Settings

Close all applications that are running and log off all users to ensure that new settings affect these applications and users.

To select recording options:

Check items on the Keystroke Settings pane.

  1. Capture Character Information - This is useful if you are utilizing a language that requires more than one keystroke to create a character (for example, Japanese, Hebrew, Chinese or Russian). When this box is checked, Spector Pro displays the characters in the Keystrokes Typed event window. The actual characters also appear in Email and Chat / IM event windows IF the application used supports the particular language. By default, Spector Pro does NOT to capture character information, unless you are using an operating system designed for an international character set. Click to start capturing character information, and a checkmark appears.  

  2. Do Not Capture Passwords - By default Spector Pro captures all keystrokes typed, including passwords used to log in to programs, email, web sites, and so on. Check this option if you prefer to "mask" passwords with asterisks (*) for security.  With this option selected, a password typed as red123 will appear in Keystrokes Typed contents as ******.

To save your changes:

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

Next you will review Program Activity Settings.

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