Setting Program Options

Clicking on Extras -> Options opens the Options dialog. From here, you have the ability to select one of the tabs to change the settings for various parts of the program. The program options include:
• System Settings
• Tables Settings
• Web Server Settings
• Web Interface Settings
• SMTP Server Settings
• Backup Settings
The following sections will cover these individual settings in detail.
The System Settings tab allows changing settings pertaining the direct system configuration. The window is divided into three main sections:
• Service Setup
• SNMP Setup
• Edit Default Graph Colors & Fonts
In the Service Setup section, you can define whether the program is run as a service (under Windows 2000/XP/2003 only).
Running a program “as a service” means that the program is always run when the computer is powered on, regardless of somebody being logged on or not. Only this way can it be ensured that monitoring is running all the time which is necessary to cover 24 hours each day.
If this checkbox is checked the program will continue operating as a “service” even when you close the Windows GUI or log off from your Windows machine. It will also start monitoring immediately after powering on your machine.
It is strongly recommended to use this feature to ensure 100% coverage of your monitoring!

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