Symantec PCANYWHERE - V 12.0 AUTOMATION GUIDE User manual

Symantec pcAnywhere
User's Guide
10529206

Symantec pcAnywhere™ User's Guide
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Documentation version 12.0
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Technical Support
Chapter 1 Introducing Symantec pcAnywhere
About Symantec pcAnywhere ......................................................... 19
What's new in Symantec pcAnywhere .............................................. 20
Components of Symantec pcAnywhere ............................................. 21
How Symantec pcAnywhere works .................................................. 22
Understanding the difference between a host and a remote ............ 22
About connecting over the Internet ........................................... 23
Issues that affect performance .................................................. 26
What you can do with Symantec pcAnywhere .................................... 28
Where to find more information ...................................................... 29
Chapter 2 Installing Symantec pcAnywhere
Preparing for installation ............................................................... 31
Symantec pcAnywhere system requirements ............................... 31
User rights requirements ......................................................... 35
Installation options ................................................................ 36
If you have a previous version installed ...................................... 40
Symantec pcAnywhere installation .................................................. 40
Installing the full product version ............................................. 41
Installing a custom version ...................................................... 42
Running the setup program manually ........................................ 42
Post-installation tasks ................................................................... 43
Registering Symantec pcAnywhere ............................................ 43
Starting Symantec pcAnywhere ................................................ 43
Modifying installation settings ................................................. 44
Updating Symantec pcAnywhere ............................................... 45
Uninstalling Symantec pcAnywhere .......................................... 45
Chapter 3 Navigating in Symantec pcAnywhere
Selecting a view mode in Symantec pcAnywhere ................................ 47
Starting a connection in Basic View ................................................. 48
Viewing or editing connection settings ............................................. 52
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Working in Advanced View ............................................................. 53
Organizing column headings in the Symantec pcAnywhere
window .......................................................................... 54
Customizing the Symantec pcAnywhere navigation bar ................. 55
Closing the main product window upon connection ...................... 56
About the Connection Wizard .................................................. 56
What you need to know before you connect ................................. 57
Ways to connect to another computer remotely ............................ 57
About the start modes for remote connections ............................. 59
About the Session Manager ............................................................ 60
Changing how active sessions appear in the Session Manager ......... 61
Showing or hiding options on the Session Manager navigation
bar ................................................................................ 62
Resizing the Session Manager navigation bar .............................. 63
Showing or hiding the Session Manager navigation bar ................. 63
Managing pcAnywhere preferences ................................................. 63
About customizing network connections .................................... 64
Customizing modem connections .............................................. 65
Customizing European ISDN connections ................................... 66
Customizing direct connections ................................................ 67
Chapter 4 Allowing others to control your computer
Managing host connections ............................................................ 69
Adding a host connection item to Favorites ................................. 69
Locating a recent host connection item ...................................... 70
Ways to set up a host computer ....................................................... 70
Using the Connection Wizard to configure a host connection .......... 70
Configuring a host using advanced properties .............................. 72
Knowing which connection device to use for host sessions ............. 74
Configuring a host network connection ...................................... 75
Selecting a network card .......................................................... 76
Changing the default port numbers on the host ........................... 77
Configuring a host modem connection ....................................... 77
Configuring an ISDN connection on a host .................................. 78
Configuring a direct connection on a host ................................... 79
Setting the host startup options ................................................ 80
Setting end of session options .................................................. 81
Configuring a host computer to use directory services ................... 83
Specifying a host name ........................................................... 84
Ways to start a host session ............................................................ 84
Waiting for a connection from a remote computer ........................ 85
Calling a remote computer ....................................................... 85
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