Client options
Note, an access to the client's options can be protected by password depend on network policy adhered in your network. See the option
'Require password' below.
- 'Accept remote commands' - whether should the server accept commands from RSHUT server or not. Uncheck this option will prevent the server from controlling by remote RSHUT server. Can be turned on depend on your network policy.
- Together this option you can use the option 'Prompt for incoming commands' that will prompt you each incoming command from RSHUT server for the specified time (you enter the number of seconds for it). By default the request will be confirmed if it has not been declined within this period.
- 'Require password' - here can be enable password to access the client's options, its exit command and the same password should be used by RSHUT server in order to being able to send commands to. Using this field you can divide computers on the network into groups using different passwords and manage them separately.
- 'Hide icon' - using this option you can prevent appearance of RSHUT icon in system tray on the computer. Can be used when it is not necessary for user to know that RSHUT client is installed on PC. In order to access client's options dialog (either password protected or not) you can define hot-key (see below) or run RSHUT executable that will popup running instance.
- 'Enable system tray menu' - specified whether user should have access to the client's menu commands or not.
- 'Hot-key' - an edit box is provided to enter a hot-key that will be used to access client's options dialog. 'None' value specifies none hot-key defined.
- 'Start with Windows' - the option is used to startup RSHUT client on Windows start. Should be enabled in order for correct everyday networking.
- 'No requests/informs for MAC address on startup' - the option turns off built-in mechanism of notification each running RSHUT copy make for a server on the network of its MAC address(es). If you do not plan to use Wake-On-LAN requests you can turn on this option. Also this option can be used when you do not like being used built-in notifications and would like provide the MAC addresses of the computers on your network manually (see command lines options for the details). This option is not available in trial version.
- 'Use Power Off if Hibernate/Suspend not available' - enabling this will tell RSHUT try to execute 'Power Off' command when the command received is Hibernate or Suspend and the command is not supported by current PC or Windows (for example, hibernate option is supported in Windows 2000/XP only).
- 'Thread priority' - RSHUT is based on threads are executing simultaneously. A thread is a part of program that executes at the same time as the program. As example, each shutdown dialog displayed on delayed action execute is a thread. Priority of a thread (or a process) is a value that indicates significance of it in the system. If you are feeling that RSHUT sometimes uses too much CPU (usually when proceeding remote commands) you can lower its threads priority.
Shutdown options
- 'Set display state to', available values: 'Low power' and 'Shut off'. Setting this option will set monitor to the appropriate state on shutdown command execution.
- 'Close CD-ROM tray(s)' - close CD-ROM drive tray on shutdown command execution. Note: RSHUT supports multiple CD/DVD-ROM drives in a system.
- 'Open CD-ROM tray(s) when a disk inside' - sometimes we spend a lot of time to search a CD-ROM disk and finally it is found in CD-drive of a computer. This option will help you prevent such cases ejects all CD-ROMs whenever a disk is inside on shutdown command execution. This option can be used together the option 'Close CD-ROM tray(s)' so all empty CD-drives will be closed on shutdown.
- 'Emulate ENTER keypress in a loop' - when you shutdown the system an application can popup with a dialog (something like 'Save as:', 'confirm exit' or anything else) and the system will freeze until you will press ENTER on OK/CANCEL button. This option can work around this problem sending ENTER key to the system keyboard buffer so it be seemed like your own presses this key to confirm raising messages boxes. This will not be done all the time but with a delay and cycling it in a loop.
- 'Emulate RIGHT key keypress in a loop' - the similar option except emulates RIGHT key keypress. Can be useful in a message box where the default selected button do not provide necessary action to exit (as example - the system dialog Wait-End-Cancel).