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Run with default security credentials. This option runs with the current user
credentials. This is the default option.
Run with the following credentials. Click this option to log on with another user
name and password.
See also Remote operations using Deployment Solution on page 122.
Chat
You can communicate with managed computers using the Chat text messaging system.
From the Deployment Server Console, select an individual computer or a group of
computers to open an individual chat session with each logged-in user.
1. Open a chat session. The Chat with <computer name> window appears,
identifying the computer you are sending messages to.
2. Type a message in the lower field.
3. Click Send or press Enter.
The exchange of text messages appears in the upper field.
See also Remote operations using Deployment Solution on page 122.
Prompt user for properties
This feature lets an administrator prompt a user for computer location and user
information. The information supplied in this form appears in the Location properties in
the Computer Properties dialog. See Computer properties on page 119.
To prompt a user for location properties
1. In the Computers pane of the Deployment Server Console, right-click a computer
and click Advanced > Prompt User for Properties. You can also select a
computer and click on the Prompt User for Properties icon in the toolbar or click
on Operations > Prompt User for Properties.
A dialog appears in the Deployment Server Console with a list of properties.
2. Select the properties to prompt the user. The properties selected in this dialog are
active on the property form sent to the user, letting the user enter information for
the selected properties.
Note
All properties are selected by default; you must deselect the properties you don’t
want to include when the client is prompted.
3. Click OK.
Open text messaging with a user by right-clicking the computer icon in the
Computers pane and selecting Chat, or clicking this icon in the Remote
Control dialog. See Remote control on page 127.
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