Apple Remote Desktop 3.1 - Manual (Page 6)

6 Contents
94 Sharing Screens
94 Sharing a Screen with Client Computers
95 Monitoring a Screen Sharing Tasks
95 Interacting with Your Apple Remote Desktop Administrator
95 Requesting Administrator Attention
96 Canceling an Attention Request
96 Changing Your Observed Client Icon
Chapter 8 97 Administering Client Computers
97 Keeping Track of Task Progress and History
98 Enabling a Task Notification Script
99 Getting Active Task Status
99 Using the Task Feedback Display
99 Stopping a Currently Running Task
100 Getting Completed Task History
100 Saving a Task for Later Use
101 Creating and Using Task Templates
102 Editing a Saved Task
102 Installing Software Using Apple Remote Desktop
102 Installing by Package and Metapackage
104 Installing Software on Offline Computers
105 Installing by Using the Copy Items Command
106 Using Installers from Other Companies
106 Upgrading Software
108 Copying Files
108 Copy Options
110 Copying from Administrator to Clients
110 Copying Using Drag and Drop
111 Restoring Items from a Master Copy
113 Creating Reports
113 Collecting Report Data
114 Using a Task Server for Report Data Collection
115 Report Database Recommendations and Bandwidth Usage
116 Auditing Client Usage Information
118 Finding Files, Folders, and Applications
120 Comparing Software
121 Auditing Hardware
126 Testing Network Responsiveness
127 Exporting Report Information
128 Using Report Windows to Work with Computers
129 Maintaining Systems
129 Deleting Items
130 Emptying the Trash