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Custom Icon for Agent

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2886)
Mar 19, 2021 5:32:19 pm EDT
Hello Edoardo,

Thank you for your message.

Unfortunately, customization of the Agent's icon is not possible as we do not provide white labeling of Remote Utilities and due to security reasons Conrad mentioned above as well. However, it's still possible to customize the Agent's window - for more information please refer to this guide.

Hope that helps.

Ver 7 file transfer - replace older files only, skip identical files

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2886)
Mar 19, 2021 5:32:01 pm EDT
Hello Donn,

Thank you for your message.

Could you please clarify if you mean the files with the same name but with the different date in the "Modified" column? If this is the case such files will still be treated as identical, i.e. when transferring, you will get a prompt allowing you to select if you want to replace or skip the files. Unfortunately, currently there's no mechanism to identify and separate such files, but I'll forward this to our developers for a review to see if we can add this in our future updates.

Let us know if you have other questions.

inventory manager: what is "user" under "operating system"?

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2886)
Mar 19, 2021 5:12:37 pm EDT
Hello Marco,

Thank you for your message.

I've forwarded this question to our development department and asked for their input on this.

I'll get back to you with an update from our developers shortly.

Installed Viewer v7 by error - went back to v6..NO passwords work

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2886)
Mar 19, 2021 4:50:46 pm EDT
Hello Frank,

Thank you for your message.

This issue might be occurring if the Viewer's configuration file or address book file was somehow corrupted, perhaps, by some anti-virus software activity.
Please try the following and see if this helps to resolve the issue:
1. Obtain a backup copy of your address book by one of the methods described in this tutorial.
2. Fully exit the Viewer File -> Exit.
3. Locate the file config_4.xml in the C:\Users\[Your_username]\AppData\Roaming\Remote Utilities Files\ folder.
Please note that the AppData folder might be hidden by default in which case you need to enable "Hidden files and folders" in Windows Explorer settings.
4. Remove the config_4.xml file from that folder.
This will reset the Viewer settings. Your address books won't be affected by this action.
5. Run the Viewer and register it with your license key again.
6. Restore your address book from the backup file you have obtained on Step 1. You can follow this guide on restoring your address book from a backup.
7. After restoring your address book try connecting to a remote Host and the password works this time.

Hope that helps.

can i have remote user run the agent, once i am in, install the host

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2886)
Mar 19, 2021 3:14:44 pm EDT
Hello David,

Do you mean that Agent does not start when you're trying to restart it with the elevated privileges, correct? If this is the case, we've managed to reproduce the issue - I will forward it to our development department for a review and ask for their input on this.

when i try to connect to it, i get a black screen.
if i use rdp over agent, the rdp works.
only after that, does my viewer go from black to showing the actual screen.

This is actually already a known issue which will be fixed in the upcoming version 7.0.0.2 - we plan to make it available by the end of this week. Meanwhile, please try the following workaround:
While in the Full Control window right-click on the tab with the connection and use the Send key command (e.g. send Alt + PrtScr). This will unlock the remote screen, so you will be able to connect to the remote Host. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Looking forward to your reply.

can i have remote user run the agent, once i am in, install the host

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2886)
Mar 19, 2021 2:10:26 pm EDT
Hello David,

Thank you for your message.

Yes, this is possible if you use the Restart Agent as... feature. This feature allows restarting the Agent as administrator, i.e. you will be prompted to enter the admin user credentials in order to restart Agent with elevated privileges. This will let you control the UAC prompts on the remote computer when you install software (e.g. installing Host) or perform other actions that require administrative access.

Hope that helps.

rutview crash

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2886)
Mar 18, 2021 5:13:33 pm EDT
Hello Anthony,

Thank you for your patience.

I've checked on the issue with our developers. Could you please enable logging in your Viewer as described in this guide? After you enable the logging feature, please wait till rutview.exe crashes once again and then send us the Viewer log files for examination. You can send the logs to support@remoteutilities.com.

Looking forward to your reply.

rutview crash

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2886)
Mar 18, 2021 4:24:00 pm EDT
Hello Anthony,

Thank you for the provided update.

I'll forward this issue to our development and ask for their input on this. Sorry for the inconvenience.

I'll get back to you with an update on this shortly.

Host and Agent availability for Linux and Mac

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2886)
Mar 18, 2021 11:14:58 am EDT
Hello Simon,

Thank you for your support!

Yes, we definitely plan to release Host/Agent for Mac/Linux - it's currently in development and we'll do our best to release it as soon as we can. Unfortunately, we cannot provide any specific ETA on this release yet, but the Beta version will be most likely available to the public on our website, just like now we made Beta version of Viewer for Mac/Linux available.

Please let us know if you have more questions.

[FIXED] Remote connection drops after upgrade to 7.0 - and other issues

Pauline, Support (Posts: 2886)
Mar 17, 2021 4:16:52 pm EDT
Hello,

Thank you for your message.

Please note that this is a known issue and it will be fixed in the upcoming version 7.0.0.2 which due this week. We've also already replied in this thread to avoid duplication.

Please let us know if you have more questions.