When using the Management Center, you can safeguard the configuration
of manageable services in the following ways:
- Assign a connection password for opening a connection to the management agent running on the local or remote computer.
- Assign a login password that must be entered before the Management Center can be started.
- Assign individual service passwords to the installed services, such as the JoinEngine.
You only need to enter the connection and service passwords the first
time you connect to a computer or service. The passwords are then automatically
stored in your Windows NT profile for other times you connect. The Windows
NT profile is a record of how you use the Management Center and other
NT programs. It saves information, such as the passwords you use and
how you configure the display of information in the main screen (that
is, which icons are displayed, the size and style of fonts, and so forth.).
When you log onto Windows NT, your profile is automatically retrieved.
Use of profiles ensures security and enables multiple users to use the
Management Center from the same machine with different levels of access.
If you use multiple Windows NT logins, a different profile is created
for each one, and one or more profiles may not yet store passwords for
a service (if you haven’t connected to a service using that particular
login). In this case, you will be prompted to enter a password before
connecting to a service.
For additional security, it is recommended that you log off from Windows
NT when you leave your machine for a period of time. You can also set
up Windows NT to automatically prompt for the login password if your
computer is idle for more than a specified length of time (that is,
after your screen saver starts running). To do this, open the Windows
NT Control Panel and double-click the Display icon. Go to the Screen
Saver tab page and select the Password Protected checkbox.