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This page displays Users List. From here you can access the remote user advanced information, define alerts on remote events for a particular user, send instant messages and so on. Users List is a list of all online Nassi users - all users from your network that has Nassi running. For every user in Users List Nassi can display the following parameters:
User state and nickname | Icons which represent user's state and user name |
Alerts Flags (icon) | Installed alerts flags (active/inactive/none). |
Privacy Mode Flags (icon) | Global privacy mode flag (on/off). |
Workstation name | Computer name |
Time | System time (this field is hidden by default) |
InState Time | State time: displays how long a user is in its current state |
Idle time | User inactivity time |
Ping | Remote computer response time (in milliseconds) |
FG Window Title | Foreground window title: the title of user's currently active window. For example, if user is currently working in Word this field can be something like "Microsoft Word". |
Nassi State (icon) | State of Nassi main window (normal / maximized / minimized / in tray) |
Nassi Uptime | Nassi running time |
Nassi Version | Information about Nassi version |
OS Name | Operating system name (Win 9X/NT/XP/Vista) and version |
OS Uptime | Operating system running time |
IP address | IP address of user's computer (e.g. "192.168.0.1") (this field is hidden by default) |
To refresh Users List select the "Actions | Refresh Users List" main menu command (or press [F5] keyboard shortcut). Also this command will refresh the contents of the Users panel. You can also make Nassi to refresh Users List automatically on list activation and Nassi activation (when Nassi becomes active application it refreshes the list). You can tune refresh option via "Actions | Users List Refresh Options" submenu.
In addition, you can set up the automatic refresh timer for users list. In order to do this you need to create a special registry key: "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Gracebyte Software\Network Assistant\UsersListAutoRefreshInterval". This is a DWORD value in seconds.
You can configure which parameters should be shown/hided and set an order of their location in the list. To do this select the "View | Customize Columns..." main menu command or simply right click on the list header. This will open the Setup Columns dialog. Also you can sort users in the list by any criterion. For example, to sort all users by workstation name you need to click on the header of the "Workstations" column. To change the sort order (ascending / descending) click on the header again.
Right click on a user within the Users List brings up the user popup menu. From here you can access user-related functions such as sending an instant message, initiating private chat, viewing screenshot, transferring files, defining alerts and so on.
User groups
You can unite users in groups.
To create a user group: right click on the users list and select the command "New Group".
To rename/delete the group: right click on the group and select the command "Rename Group" / "Delete Group".
To put the user into the group: drag the user over the desired group and drop it.
To remove user from all groups: drag the user over empty space of users list and drop it.
To hide empty user groups: right click on the users list (or some group) and select the command "Hide Empty Groups".
To disable groups: right click on the users list (or some group) and select the command "Disable Groups".
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