The primary user of a computer is the user who is logged in the most. Arellia 8.2 has out-of-the-box defaults that track user logins and calculate the Primary User.
Manually Override the Primary User
Change the Tracking Schedule
You can change the tracking schedule for user logins by doing the following steps:
- In the Security Manager Console, click Policies.
- In the file library in the left pane, navigate to Policies > Arellia Solutions > Local Security > Policies.
- Click Windows Logon Event Processor.
- In the right pane under Schedules, click the New Schedule button.
- Set a new schedule and click Save.
View Primary User
Using Local Security Solution, you can view a computer on your network and find out who the primary user is by doing the following steps:
- In the Security Manager Console, click Resources.
- In the file library in the left pane, navigate to Default > All Resources > Asset > Network Resource > Computer.
- In the right pane, right-click a computer and then click Show Primary User.
In Resource Explorer
In the Resource Explorer in the upper left corner, the Primary User is included with the computer information.
Manually Override the Primary User
You can manually override the Primary User of a computer by doing the following steps:
- In the Resource Explorer in the lower left corner under Actions, click Show Primary User.
- In the Computer Primary User dialog box, select the Override checkbox.
- Click the Select... link.
- In the Select Resource dialog box, double-click the name you want to be listed as the Primary User.
- In the Computer Primary User dialog box, click okay.
