This is a copy of the remote cows documentation originally located at http://www.vortex.is/~mlm/ The copy of Remote Cows linked from there does not work with current versions of the distributed.net client. Remote Cows If you think it is a pain to maintain the Windows NT service client for the distributed.net efforts on many computer I have the right tool for you. A remote management/monitoring tool for Windows NT: Remote Cows - client for NT Service Control Center/management console. Install, configure, start and stop services across the nerwork. _________________________________________________________________ Version 0.91: * Bug fix: If you would change the path in the Install dialog from the default one it would sometimes not work. Get Remote Cows here Any comments/ideas/bug reports should be directed to my mailbox. _________________________________________________________________ The program is very easy to use but here are few pointers on how to use it. Accessing remote computer. The program asumes you have sufficient rights to access the Service Control Manager on the remote computers (i.e. to install, remove, start and stop services) and that you can access the system shares (i.e. \c$, \d$). Starting up the first time. When starting up for the first time you are asked to set up the default settings for the console: * The default path on the remote machine * The service executeable * The preconfigured ini file * Whether the service should start automaticaly after reboot * If the service should be started after install The Console. The console contains a list for the computers and there status plus a few buttons. * Install Service * Remove Service * Start Service * Stop Service * Add Computer * Remove Computer * Configure * Update Status * Default Setup * About.. * Quit Install Service This button installs the service on a remote computer selected from the window on the left. If this is the first time you are installing the service on the remote computer, the remote path selected will be the default path from the Default Setup, but if you have previously installed a service on it, it will use that path instead. You can also choose anoter exe/ini file to use and automatic/manual startup after reboot plus if the serivce should start right after the installation. Remove Service Removes the service from the remote computer. It does not remove the actual binaries nor the buff-in/out files so upgrading the client is a breeze. If the service is running while removed it will continue to run until it is stopped and the it will remove it self. Start Service Start the service on the remote selected computer. Stop Service Stops the service on the remote selected computer. Add Computer Adds a computer to the list on the right and checks the status of the computer. Remove Computer Only removes the selected computer from the list but does not uninstall the client nor stop it on the remote machine. Configure. Configures the service on the remote computer. You can realy only configure two things: the display name of the service in the Service Control Manager and the Automatic/Manual startup of the client. Update Status Updates the status of the selected compute, or if no computer is selected, updates the status for all the computers. Default setup This is the same dialog as when you start the program for the first time so you can change the defaults anytime you want. The setting are the same as above. About Who made this wondefull program :-) Quit Quits the program. There are no warnings but thats ok since all settings are saved right away the configuring/installing. _________________________________________________________________ Ideas for next versions * Collect logfiles to one central location * Edit ini files from the program. * Better error messages / better spelling :-) * Show keyrate/current project/client version. _________________________________________________________________ Known Bugs * Service will not uninstall after removeing it and stoping it. Just exit the program and start it again. _________________________________________________________________ Any comments/ideas/bug reports should be directed to my mailbox. (The original mailto was