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On the remote console you have the following:

Server Confirmation label – This confirms the identity of the current server
accessed and disappears by default after 30 seconds, (this period can be adjusted in
the OSD – explained in Section II of the guide). It appears again when switching to
a different server. The currently accessed server identity can be checked any time
by looking at the Server name on the Internet Explorer title bar.

Toolbar icon – This is the minimized toolbar from which you switch and configure
the system.

Minicom icon – Hold the mouse over the icon to view information about current
server, connection time and video mode.

21.1 Taking over a busy remote session

While only one user can have control, many users can be connected
simultaneously. When connecting to a busy Target Server an Administrator has the
option to take over the Target Server. A User only has this option when the current
session is run by another User, but not by an Administrator. The following message
appears

Figure 36 Busy remote session options

Choose to Take Over or View Only or Cancel.

When watching a screen in View Only mode you can Double click inside the
Remote screen border – see Figure 35 – to take over the remote control. The
current user sees a message stating that control has been taken over.

21.2 The Toolbar

To maximize the Toolbar:

Click the arrow . Click again to minimize the Toolbar.

When maximized, the Toolbar can be dragged and dropped to anywhere on the

screen, by dragging the icon

. When minimized the icon glides to a side of the

screen.