Administrator Guide

Additional administrator utility and settings

information

This section provides additional information about utilities and settings available for administrators.

• Automatically launched utilities

• Utilities affected by log off, restart, and shut down

• Using the Unified Write Filter

• Using Application Launch Manager

• Using xData Cleanup Manager

• Saving files and using local drives

• Mapping network drives

• Participating in domains

• Using the Net and Tracert utilities

• Managing users and groups with user accounts

• Changing the computer name of a thin client

Automatically launched utilities

The following utilities start automatically after you turn on the system, or after you log in to the thin client:

• Unified Write Filter—After you turn on the system, the Unified Write Filter utility starts automatically. The icon in the notification

area of the taskbar indicates the active or inactive status of the Unified Write Filter. For more information, see Using the Unified Write

Filter (UWF).

NOTE:

While the Dell Wyse Write Filter icons and functionality are currently supported, it is recommended that you

use the UWF as described in the Microsoft documentation available at www.microsoft.com, and navigate to the

Unified Write Filter documentation.

• Application Launch Manager— The Application Launch Manager (ALM) version 1.0 enables you to start any application based on

pre-defined events such as service startup, user log off or system shutdown in session zero. The application also allows you to

configure multi-level logs which is essential for easy troubleshooting.

• xData Cleanup Manager— xData Cleanup Manager (xDCM) version 1.0 keeps extraneous information from being stored on the local

disk. xDCM can be used to automatically clean-up directories used for temporary caching of information. Clean-up is triggered on

either service startup, user logoff, or system shutdown. It does the clean-up invisibly to the user and is completely configurable.

• VNC Server—After you log in to your thin client, the Windows VNC Server utility starts automatically. VNC allows a thin client

desktop to be accessed remotely for administration and support. For more information, see Using Tight VNC to Shadow a thin client.

Utilities affected by log off, restart, and shut

down

The following utilities are affected by logging off, restarting, and shutting down the thin client device:

• Unified Write Filter—After you turn on the system, the Unified Write Filter utility starts automatically. It is recommended that you

use the UWF as described in the Microsoft documentation. For more information, see www.microsoft.com, and navigate to the