Options View:

iClose-Up List:

List Users & ISP’s (the default): The iClose-Up List will display all types of User entries including ISP’s.

List Users: The iClose-Up List will display User entries but will not display ISP’s.

Keep iClose-Up List on Top of all Windows (unchecked by default): If checked, when you bring up the iClose-Up List it will always stay on top of any other Windows. Unchecked the iClose-Up List it will not stay on top of other Windows.

Keep the List of Connected Users to this System on Top of All Windows (checked by default): If checked, when you bring up the “List Users Connected to this System” it will always stay on top of any other Windows. Unchecked the “List of Connected Users to this System” will not stay on top of other Windows.

To bring up the “List of Connected Users to this System” right click on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen. Then left click on “List of Connected Users to this System”. A window will appear and if any iClose-Up users are connected to you their names and the time and date they connected to you will be displayed. If no one is connected this window will be empty. You can leave this window up and you will see users as they connect and they will disappear out of the list when they disconnect. You can adjust how often this list is updated by going to the “General” Tab in the Options section and looking at the option “Check Incoming Connections every”.

Incoming connections are also logged permanently in a Log in the “Incoming Connection Logs” section. You can view this log by right clicking on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen, and then left clicking on “View iClose-Up Logs” next select “View Incoming Connection Logs”.

The name that is logged is the name the iClose-Up Client has as their “iClose-Up User Name” in the “Internet” Tab in the Options section.

Local access to iClose-Up Access Points (checked by default): This option gives iClose-Up Clients access to an iClose-Up Server’s hard drive. If you have iClose-Up Access Points and you uncheck this option then iClose-Up Clients will not be able to access the iClose-Up Server’s hard drive through iClose-Up Access Points. Note, that iClose-Up Clients may still be able to get access to an iClose-Up Server’s hard drive through Microsoft Share Points if there are any. If you want to limit access through Microsoft Share Points then put passwords on the Microsoft Share Points, or remove the Microsoft Share Points or remove or unbind “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks”. To alter Microsoft Share Points run Windows Explorer select the folder or drive letter you want to alter and then right click. Now if you have “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks” you will see “Sharing” as an option. Select this option to alter Microsoft Share Points.

If you are using iClose-Up on the Internet you may not have or will want to remove or unbind “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks”. If you are concerned about security on the Internet most people feel removing or unbinding “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks” (which gives access to Microsoft Share Points) is the safest configuration. You would remove or unbind “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks” from the Dial-Up adaptor (if you get on the Internet by modem) or from your Network adaptor (if you get on the Internet by a constant connection like Cable Modem, xDSL, T1 or ISDN). If you are using Windows 95/98/Me it is pretty easy to remove or if you prefer unbind “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks”. If you are using Win NT/2000 it is generally better to unbind (verses removing) “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks”. Note that it is much harder to do on Win NT/2000 then it is on Windows 95/98/Me.

If you remove “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks” you will need to use iClose-Up Access Points if you want to give an iClose-Up Client connecting to your iClose-Up Server access to the iClose-Up Server’s local hard drive. Even if you do not remove or unbind “File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks” from the iClose-Up Server it is a good idea to use iClose-Up Access Points for accessing the hard drive.

To make or modify iClose-Up Access Points right click on the red iClose-Up triangles in the lower right of your screen. Then left click on “Security for This Computer”, next click on the “Settings” button on the “iClose-Up Hard Drive Security” panel.

Network access to Windows Network Share Points (checked by default): This option gives iClose-Up Clients access to the iClose-Up Server’s network. It also gives iClose-Up Clients access to the hard drive if the iClose-Up Server has Microsoft Share Points (to find out more about Microsoft Share Points see above “Local access to iClose-Up Access Points”). If you uncheck this option then iClose-Up Clients will not be able to access the iClose-Up Server’s network. Nor will iClose-Up Clients be able to access the iClose-Up Server’s hard drive through Microsoft Share Points.

This is a good option to use unchecked if you have a computer on your network that you want people to connect to, to send and fetch information, but you do not want them on your network, seeing your network servers and networked computers.

Allow remote access to local user accounts without passwords (Windows XP option only): If checked, Windows XP will allow local user accounts that do not have passwords to log onto the XP machine remotely. By default Windows XP does not allow remote access to accounts that do not have passwords. This makes it less likely that somebody could get the non-secret account name and remotely connect to the system without having to also match a secret password with it to be permitted. By default, accounts created in Windows XP do not have passwords, so we made the option to allow you to choose between the less secure non-password account access, or the more secure but non default password account only access.