Faronics Insight - Manual (Page 55)

Configuring Faronics Insight Preferences
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Faronics Insight User Guide
Changing Channels
If you ever need to change the channels of student computers there are several ways to accomplish
this task.
• Uninstall and re-install the product, selecting a new channel in the install dialog.
• On Windows, run EnableChannelSelect.exe, which is located in the Utilities directory.
• Change the channel from the Faronics Insight console. If EnableChannelSelect.exe has been
run, it is possible to change the Student channels remotely from the console.
1. Select the Students whose channel is to be changed.
2. Click Administer then Change Student Channel…
3. Enter the new channel.
4. Click OK.
• Set the channel with student.adm using Active Directory.
Note: Faronics Insight works well with imaging tools such as Ghost. The key consideration when
using an imaging tool is how to change the channel for all of the computers in a particular
classroom. For large organizations, the recommended method is to use Active Directory or
EnableChannelSelect.exe through a login script. Smaller organizations may find it easier simply to
change the channel through the Teacher console.
Updating the Faronics Insight Teacher
To update Faronics Insight with a new product version, simply run the new Teacher installation
files. It will automatically update the Faronics Insight files to the new version without the need to
uninstall the old version before installing the new version. If the old version is previous to v6.0,
uninstalling is not required, but is recommended.
Updating the Faronics Insight Student
Improvements to the Faronics Insight software are released as needed. If you ever wish to update
the Student computers to the latest build of Faronics Insight, there is an automated way to do this.
It is no longer necessary to re-install the software manually on all Student computers. See the
section
Remotely Updating Faronics Insight earlier in this guide for more information.