How to Install

Before you install this program, you should know what the two components in Desktop Scout do:

• Desktop Scout Agent performs the monitoring tasks, and needs to be installed on any PC that you want to monitor.
• Desktop Scout Viewer allows you to connect to and monitor a PC running Desktop Scout Agent. Install the Viewer on your PC that you will be monitoring from.

During installation, you can select the components that you want installed. You can install both components on the same PC if you want to monitor that PC locally.

After installation, you will need to configure the Viewer or Agent to suit your monitoring needs. See the relevant documentation on Desktop Scout Viewer and Desktop Scout Agent.

Stealth Tips

Here are a few essential tips to keep users from noticing they are being monitored:

• Installation folder: During installation, you will be asked to select an installation folder (the default folder is named Desktop Scout 3). To prevent users from noticing the programs folder, consider making up a different and less revealing name so the user does not become suspicious.
  
  
• Delete desktop icons: Make sure there are no Desktop Scout icons on the users desktop. You can choose not to have these icons created during installation, or you can delete them manually afterwards.
  
  
• Delete Start Menu icons: Once you become familiar with how the program works and where programs installation folder is, you can delete the Start Menu icons for Desktop Scout 3.
  
  
• Hide process from Windows Task Manager: Desktop Scout can run in a stealth process mode which makes it invisible from the Task Manager. It will not show up as a running process and cannot be terminated. You can enable this option on the first page of the Agent Settings window.
  
  
• Hide program from Add/Remove Programs: Desktop Scout can be hidden so that it does not appear as an installed program. You can enable this option on the first page of the Agent Settings window.