Downloads

To download a 14-Day fully functional trial version of Auto Close Idle, please download the following two files:

Auto Close Idle Manager
Auto Close Idle Client

For testing and evaluation, you can install both ACI Client and ACI Manager on the same computer before installing the client on other computers. ACI Client and Manager auto-detect each other, so there is no need to add clients manually. As soon as a copy of ACI Client starts, it would show up in ACI Manager.

For a list of changes in this release, click here.

Installation Instructions:

Normally, the software is installed by installing ACI Manager on one computer, typically on a computer that you want to manage the users from, but not necessarily your database server, and install ACI Client on all computers that you would like to have the application closed. See below for an easy way to install ACI Client on multiple computers remotely.

Once you install and test ACI with the target application using one client, you can proceed with installing ACI Client on other computers. If you have many computers, then there is an easy way to install ACI Client on all computers on the domain remotely, or on specific computers. The procedure below illustrates this process.

Note that you cannot install more than one copy of ACI Manager, otherwise you will not see all users as they may join the wrong copy of ACI Manager. To move ACI Manager from one computer to another, uninstall it from the old computer before installing it on the new one.

Deploying ACI Client to multiple computers:

The setup program will do an intelligent new install, or accumulative update, or does nothing if everything is at the latest version. There is no need to uninstall any previous version, just install over the existing version if any.

ACI Client setup supports silent installation/accumulative update without showing any messages to the user; it would first close ACIClient.exe if it was installed on the machine previously, and then update the files as needed, then runs the new version. What the user sees is that the icon in the task bar disappears, then reappear within few seconds after the update/install has been completed. One way to update or install ACI Clients without visiting each computer is by using the following tool:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx

This tool allows you to execute programs on remote computers. To use it to install ACI Client on all computers on the domain, use the following command:

psexec \\* -c -d -f -i ACIClientSetup.exe /verysilent /suppressmsgboxes /norestart

To install it on a single computer remotely, use the following command:

psexec \\TestPC -c -d -f -i ACIClientSetup.exe /verysilent /suppressmsgboxes /norestart

You can also refer to a computer by IP Address, for example:

psexec \\192.168.0.100 -c -d -f -i ACIClientSetup.exe /verysilent /suppressmsgboxes /norestart

The tool requires the user to be a member of the local administrators group for it to work. Fortunately, when a computer joins a domain, the group "Domain Admins" is added to the local administrators group on that computer, so the network administrator only has to be a member of "Domain Admins" to run the setup remotely.

In networks without a domain, such as workgroups, you can create a new group, such as "NetAdmins". Then go to each computer, and add "NetAdmins" group to "Administrators" group. This is a one time activity that will allow any member of "NetAdmins" group to manage computers remotely.

Note that if you use psexec tool, ACI Client will not see the target application until the computer is restarted, or the user logs off, then back on. This is because psexec starts ACI Client as the same user who ran psexec, which is usually an administrator. After the client logs off or restart his or her computer, both ACI Client and the target application run as the same logged on user, and ACI Manager would show the application normally.

ACI Client installation notes:

• When installing ACI Client, you don't have to install it more than once on the same computer. It will be installed for all users on the same computer. This includes Windows Terminal Servers.
• There is no need to specify the server IP to the client. The client can automatically detect ACI Manager via broadcast packets.
• When the client is behind a router/firewall from ACI Manager or on the Internet side, you need to specify ACI Manager IP address and port number in ACI Client's CCONFIG.INI file. This file is located in the folder where you installed ACI Client. Change both ServerIPOverride and ServerIPPortOverride to represent those of ACI Manager. The default TCP/IP port is 9400.

Installing ACI Client Silently without PsExec Tool:

To install ACI client silently, use the following command:

ACIClientSetup.exe /verysilent /suppressmsgboxes /norestart

When you use this method, no windows will be displayed to the user nor error messages. ACI does not require a restart normally, even if a restart is required, it can function without it. Setup will run ACI Client after it finishes the installation automatically. If you remove /norestart option above, the computer will restart if a restart is required without asking the user.
 

Home