General Settings

The General Settings panel of the Settings window, is responsible for configuring the access password of the policies administrator of PolicyControl, the Policy Server IP and the hot key to the Tray Icon, which is the icon located on the operational system tasks bar.

The Settings window can be accessed through the Settings option of the menu that is displayed when you press the right mouse button in the PolicyControl Tray Icon, as illustrated by the following picture:



Fields and Commands

PolicyControl Administrator Password


Current Password

Type in this field the current password that you use to enter PolicyControl.


New Password

Type in this field the new password to enter PolicyControl.


Confirm Password

Type in this field, the same password typed in the New Password field, to confirm it.

Policy Server IP

PolicyControl can or cannot be used in an environment where there is a central server with network policies. If a policies server is used when a computer connects to the network, the policy defined as active in the policies server will be downloaded and applied to this computer.

If this field is left empty, the PolicyControl will automatically try to find the policies server in the network. If the user enter the IP Address of the policies server, the PolicyControl will try to connect the policies server only by the informed IP Address.

If the computer is used outside a network with a policies server, this field doesn't affect the normal operation of PolicyControl.

Languages

Select in this field the application language.

Help

Displays the Help window where you can navigate through the PolicyControl help topics.

OK

This button when pressed saves the changes made and closes this window.

Cancel

This button closes the Settings window. If there are changes made that were not saved by the OK button, these changes will be discarded.