93Sharing a Screen with Client Computers

94Monitoring a Screen Sharing Tasks

94Interacting with Your Apple Remote Desktop Administrator

94Requesting Administrator Attention

95Canceling an Attention Request

95Changing Your Observed Client Icon

Chapter 8

96

Administering Client Computers

 

96

Keeping Track of Task Progress and History

 

97

Enabling a Task Notification Script

 

98

Getting Active Task Status

 

98

Using the Task Feedback Display

 

98

Stopping a Currently Running Task

 

99

Getting Completed Task History

 

99

Saving a Task for Later Use

 

100

Creating and Using Task Templates

 

101

Editing a Saved Task

 

101

Installing Software Using Apple Remote Desktop

 

101

Installing by Package and Metapackage

 

103

Installing Software on Offline Computers

 

104

Installing by Using the Copy Items Command

 

104

Using Installers from Other Companies

 

105

Upgrading Software

 

106

Copying Files

 

107

Copy Options

 

108

Copying from Administrator to Clients

 

109

Copying Using Drag and Drop

 

110

Restoring Items from a Master Copy

 

111

Creating Reports

 

111

Collecting Report Data

 

112

Using a Task Server for Report Data Collection

 

113

Report Database Recommendations and Bandwidth Usage

 

114

Auditing Client Usage Information

 

116

Finding Files, Folders, and Applications

 

118

Comparing Software

 

119

Auditing Hardware

 

124

Testing Network Responsiveness

 

125

Exporting Report Information

 

126

Using Report Windows to Work with Computers

 

127

Maintaining Systems

 

127

Deleting Items

 

128

Emptying the Trash

 

128

Setting the Startup Disk

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