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Agent Settings

Change the Agent password: Change the password that is used to access the Agent.
Accept TCP connections on port: The Agent will listen for incoming connections on this port number. You can leave this to the default value of 7250 if you are unsure.
Hide process in Windows Task Manager: The Agent process will not show up in the Windows Task Manager when this is enabled. This prevents the user from noticing the program is running or attempting to terminate the process.
Hide program from Add/Remove Programs applet: Desktop Scout will not show up in Add/Remove Programs when this is enabled. This prevents the user from noticing the application is installed or attempting to uninstall it.

Show warning icon in the system tray: When a user is logged on, a small icon will be displayed near the clock warning them that they are under surveillance. You can select the icon using the slide bar and type in the message that you want to appear when the user hovers the mouse over the icon.
Show warning message when user logs on: You can show the user a warning message when they logon, notifying them that they are being monitored. This message will appear each time the user logs on and will remain on the desktop until they press OK. You can customize the message that is displayed by typing it in the text box below.

Enable Applications Log: Allows you to see which programs have been used, the time and duration of use, and optionally any keystrokes entered into those programs.
Minimum usage: Specify the minimum time, in seconds, that an application must be used for in order to be logged. For example, if you specify 5 seconds and the program is only used for 1 second, it will not be logged.
Log keystrokes typed in applications: For each application log entry, you can choose to also record the keystrokes that the user typed into that program. This allows you to see what the user typed into e-mails, web browsers, chat conversations, documents, etc.
Log size limit: Specify the size limit of the Application Log folder to prevent it from growing indefinitely. When this limit is reached, the oldest log files will be deleted automatically.

Enable Screenshots Log: Saves an image of the users desktop at regular intervals, so you can see what the user was doing at that time.
Image frequency: Specify how often, in seconds, the screenshot image should be taken. If you make this number too low (less than 30 seconds), it will consume more CPU time and hard drive space.
Discard image when user is idle: If the user is away and the screen saver is running, the program will not bother taking a screenshot of the screen saver until the user returns.
Log size limit: Specify the size limit of the Screenshots Log folder to prevent it from growing indefinitely. When this limit is reached, the oldest log files will be deleted automatically.

Enable Web Sites Log: Records a log of all web sites visited using Internet Explorer. The log shows the title, URL, time and duration each web page was viewed.
Minimum usage: Specify the minimum time, in seconds, that an web site must be viewed in order to be logged. For example, if you specify 5 seconds and the web site is only viewed for 1 second, it will not be logged.

Enable automatic tracking of dynamic IP address: IP Fetch is a feature which keeps of Agent's with dynamic IP addresses. This allows you to automatically check the most recent IP address for an Agent using the Viewer. You will need to create an IP Fetch account, and enter the username and password into the both the Agent and Viewer.