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"Wheeler, Patrick (ISSAtlanta)" wrote: > Greetings - I am seeking your assistance with regard to a question I have about a >feature in the Internet Scanner GUI. OK, shoot! > Do you use the Status tab in the IS GUI, and if so how often and for what purpose? Absolutely I do. In general I use it to determine if a scan has "hung", as still happens sometimes with our setup. I'll also use it to see how long various machines of various configurations take to scan, and where some of the hangups seem to be. Honestly - many of the checks marked as "May take significant time" don't take any longer at all than the normal ones. Other normal ones seem to take longer at times. Mostly - it seems a little random ... :) That, and we provide machine scans to our users on a request basis for free. If people call in, and want to check out their machine I can tell them what's going on on their machine AS it happens - and they can watch on their end. It seems to interest a number of our users to see how their machine responds when our scanner hits "whatever" on their machine. > What information are you usually > trying to obtain when you use the Status tab, if ever? Ermmmm, I sort of answered this above - but in general I use it to ascertain exactly WHAT is going on. Sometimes it's to see what's taking so long, sometimes it's user education, sometimes I just watch the little checks roll by to assure myself that the network gnomes are still clicking away. I've also scanned my own desktop in the past and watched my message hits at the same time as the Scanner Status. It just helps me make sure I am in shape to answer questions when people decide to pop up and shoot away. Thanks, Dan Ozdowski University of Virginia ITC Network Systems
