Greetings,
I would like to display a dialog when a certain user logs into the machine, and then not let the user continue until the “Accept/Okay” button is clicked.
What I’m looking to accomplish is then a “hidden user” (admin) logs into a machine via ARD to a clients machine that a dialog (agreement) is displayed so the local user can click the “Accept” button allowing the ARD admin to service the machine.
Any good way of doing this?
Thanks
Dave
I don’t quite see the point of this. Especially when you can’t stop a user from circumventing a little script.
Basically it’s just needed (I’m in an education environment) to assure (make them more comfortable) the professors that they would have to approve someone logging in via ard… YES I know it can be clicked by me, but they don’t have to know that.
Dave
But they will. It is inevitable.
I still don’t understand why there needs to be a second password. Is one not enough?
There is no second password. I don’t think you understand what I’m saying…
When we as IT people remote into a clients computer we want a disclosure statement to appear that the people can read (no they won’t), but the important part is this… when we ARD into the machine they will know we’re there and have to GRANT us access to their machine… it’s basically a statement of liability that says… HEY WE’RE ABOUT TO WORK ON YOUR MACHINE, GIVE US ACCESS BY CLICKING THE BUTTON OR DON’T… I know all about the “Guest” access in ARD, but that does not work with a hidden user.
Thanks
Dave
You weren’t as clear as you thought you were, but still don’t see the point.
“Hey, I’m going to work on your computer now.”
“Okay.”
“Okay, I’m logging in . . . give me permission.”
“Uh, I just told you ‘okay’. What am I looking at here?”
“I need, um, extra permission. Read that and let me in.”
“Aren’t you already on my computer?”
“Yeah, but I need permission.”
Your solution is, “as an IT person”, to have all of this worked out when you set up your service contracts. I dunno where you work, but if this isn’t already spelled out in the contract the client has signed, it should be. This is a workaround for an issue best solved on paper.
Edit: Also, the legal binding of such a dialog box would be highly questionable. A signed contract is not questionable unless badly written.
Your users and your lawyers will thank you if you solve this problem in the service contract.
This is at a school district no contracts involved. This is a NICE feature that is built into most windows admin packages, and should also be included as an option on ARD. You serious DON’T understand that if there is a hidden user on a image deployed to machines that I or any other admin can just browse/control, etc… any one of these machines… the dialog ensures the end user that no one is there unless they grant permission!! UNDERSTAND NOW??? 
You SEE otherwise I could just be a psycho that watches what your doing on your machine ALL DAY AND NIGHT… HEY MAYBE EVEN GETTING YOUR BANKING INFO… WHAT IS YOUR IP??
As for your answering my question… I think you should keep your politics and opinions to yourself and maybe get laid every once and a while… pulling your pud all the time is making you cranky!! :lol:
Okay, well I’ve decided to just make a small app that I’ll invoke from ARD that will display a policy and let the person click a simple okay button to allow access or cancel what will simply kick the system back to the login screen.
Dave