Begin the install by double clicking on the program:



Click next, and select the folder you want to install the program. Once you have finished the install. Launch IntelliAdmin LAN Edition:

In the box type the hostname or IP address of the computer you want to control. This must be a computer on your local network - since IntelliAdmin installs the agent software automatically it cannot work over the internet (Use IntelliAdmin PRO for over the internet)

If you are having trouble figuring out what to type in this box, then you can simply click on the button with the '...'

Once this button is clicked, IntelliAdmin will search your network for machines


 

Simply select a computer from the list, and click OK. After you click connect, IntelliAdmin will attempt to control the machine:

 


IntelliAdmin will ask for a windows administrator password that is valid on the remote machine. The account used must have administrator rights on the remote computer.

Once you type in a valid username and password you should be controlling the remote machine!


Connection Problems

There are a few reasons why you may not be able to connect to a remote machine:

  -A firewall is blocking port 2790
  -The remote computer is running Windows 95/98/ME
  -You do not have administrative privileges on the remote machine
  -The remote computer is running Windows XP SP2

If a firewall is blocking the connection, you will need to make sure TCP port 2790 is open for listening on the remote host, and you can connect to the remote machine's admin share.

Windows 95/98 and ME are not supported by IntelliAdmin LAN edition - you can download IntelliAdmin PRO to control these machines.

A windows administrator account is required to control the machine - without it IntelliAdmin cannot automatically install the software it needs to control the remote machine.

If you are running windows XP SP2, please see this tutorial to open the firewall and allow IntelliAdmin access.

Settings for slow connections

You may have machines on your network that are on a slower connection. There are a few settings you can change to improve performance. Open IntelliAdmin, click options, and select the display tab. Change the settings to the ones shown below:




What password to use?

It can be confusing since you never set a password on install right? The password IntelliAdmin is asking you for is the windows administrator username and password. This is set in the control panel of windows on the machine you are trying to control. See in this screen shot:

Once you have gone into the user accounts section you need to make sure the account with administrator privileges has a password - windows will not allow IntelliAdmin to connect to the machine if a password is not set.

Computer Names

You may not know the computer name of the remote computer. You can use a free utility from IntelliAdmin to determine this easily

This program should be run on the computer you are trying to control. Once you have the name you can type it in the connect window and click connect

For example, the program was run on a laptop and we see the hostname:

 

Saving Settings

When IntelliAdmin is launched, the default settings are used. These can be changed by simply picking the settings you prefer and clicking the "Make Default" button.

A connection may also be saved to a shortcut. The only requirement is that a computer name is specified before the connection is saved. Simply pick the settings you would like, type in a computer name and click on the "Save As" button.

 
Save the shortcut to the hard drive. Now you can double click it to connect automatically with the settings you specified.



Command Line

Settings can be passed to IntelliAdmin in two ways. IntelliAdmin can be called with arguments after the exe in the format of Name=Value. For example. If we wanted to set the hostname to computer1, it would look like this:


Another way to use the command line is to launch it via the iadmin:// URL.

For example, we could click on start, then run, and type: iadmin://computer1 to launch IntelliAdmin and connect to computer1 automatically:


Because the URL follows specifications for Internet URLs, if you want to set additional parameters, you need to use this format:

iadmin://computer1?Name1=Value1&Name2=Value2&Name3=Value3

Here is the list of supported variables that can be set via the command line:

HostName - The hostname IntelliAdmin will connect when launched.

FullScreen - Viewer will be maximized to full screen when connected.

HideTrayIcon - Hides the tray icon from remote user

AutoUninstall - Automatically removes agent after disconnect

LogOff - Log off system after disconnect

LockWorkstation - Lock workstation after disconnect

DisableRemoteInputs - Disable mouse and keyboard for remote user while connected

DisableLocalInputs - Do not send mouse or keyboard events to remote.

DisableEffects - Disable user interface effects that tend to slow down remote control screen updates.

RemoveWallpaper - Turn off wallpaper while connected to remote users machine.

ColorDepth - Set the color Depth that the remote machine is displayed. 0=True Color, 1 = 256 Colors, 2 = 64 Colors, 3 = 16 Colors.

A final and more complex example of using command line parameters. We want to set the color to 256, disable user interface effects, and force the machine to logoff when we disconnect:

From the command line:

iadmin.exe HostName=Computer1 ColorDepth=1 DisableEffects=True LogOff=True

From A URL:

iadmin://computer1?ColorDepth=1&DisableEffects=True&LogOff=True

Full Screen Mode

The viewer can easily be switched to full screen mode by pressing ctrl-alt-enter all at the same time.

Sending CTRL-ALT-DELETE to remote host

This key combination can be sent to the remote host by pressing CTRL-ALT-INSERT all at the same time.

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