Symantec PCANYWHERE - V12.5, User Manual

Page: 87 / 329

user searches for a host computer. Symantec pcAnywhere lets you specify a custom
name, although this is not recommended if your computer is attached to a network.
Your administrator might determine this setting for you.
To specify a host name
1 In the Symantec pcAnywhere window, on the Edit menu, click Preferences.
In Windows Vista/2008 Server, the operating system might prompt you to
approve this action. You do not receive this prompt if you are logged on to
the built-in administrator account.
2
In the pcAnywhere Options window, on the Host Operation tab, under Your
host name selection, select one of the following:
Lets you specify a new name for the pcAnywhere host.
In the text box, type a host name. The maximum name size
is 24 characters.
User defined
Uses the Windows computer name or IP address that is
assigned to the host computer.
Symantec pcAnywhere uses this setting by default.
Windows computer
name
3 Click OK.
Sharing host disk drives
Symantec pcAnywhere allows the host computer to share its standard disk drives
with the remote computer.
You need to give permission for the remote user to access and share the host
computer disk drives by configuring the super user caller rights.
To share disk drive of host computer
1 In the Advanced View, on the left navigation bar, under pcAnywhere Manager,
click Hosts.
2 In the right pane, under Hosts, right-click Network, Cable, DSL and click
Properties.
3
In the Host Properties: Network, Cable, DSL dialog box, click the Callers tab.
4 In the Authentication type, select one of the following:
■
Active Directory Services (ADS)
■
NT
■
Windows
87 Allowing others to control your computer
Ways to set up host computer