Comodo LoginPro Software Version 1.0 User Guide Guide Version 1.0.102512 Comodo Security Solutions 1255 Broad Street STE 100 Clifton, NJ 07013
Table of Contents 1.Introduction to Comodo LoginPro... 3 1.1.System Requirements... 4 2.Quick Start Guide... 4 2.1.Installing the LoginPro Client... 4 2.2.Creating a LoginPro Account... 7 2.3.Access Your Computers Using the Web Interface... 9 3.Web Interface: Sharing Files, Printers and Music... 12 3.1.Sharing Files Between Host and Remote Computers... 12 3.1.1.Transferring Files Between Two Remote Computers... 13 3.2.Sharing Printers Between Host and Remote Computers...13 3.3.Listening to Music from the Remote Computer... 15 3.4.Other Settings... 16 4.The LoginPro Client More Details... 18 4.1.Connections... 18 4.2.Allowable Users... 19 4.3.Settings... 20 4.4.Quick Assist... 21 5.Uninstalling Comodo LoginPro... 23 About Comodo... 26 2
1.Introduction to Comodo LoginPro Comodo LoginPro (CLP) allows you to access and control any computer you own from anywhere in the world. After installing the client software on your target computers, you can access them remotely by signing in at www.loginpro.com. The Quick Assist feature allows you to get expert help with any problems you may be having with your computer. LoginPro is fast and easy to setup, does not require expert configuration and is suitable for users of any experience levels. Main Features: 1-Click connection to any computer you own from anywhere in the world just by logging in at www.loginpro.com Login Pro client software extends functionality by allowing you to add multiple users and manage advanced settings Easily share large files and printers across computers without complicated VPN setup Quick Assist feature simplifies RDP connections between you and your fellow users Listen to music and play videos on any remote computer in your network Be up and running in minutes! To add a remotely managed computer, you must first (i) have installed the Windows client on each computer you wish to add (ii) be logged into LoginPro via the client at that computer. Please ensure that you are logged in to Windows itself with an Admin account on each machine. Once done, you will be able to view and control this computer via LoginPro web interface at https://www.loginpro.com Guide Structure This guide is intended to take you through the step-by-step process of organization, configuration and use of Comodo LoginPro application. Section 1 - Introduction to Comodo LoginPro - High level overview of the solution 3
System Requirement - Minimum required hardware and software for the application Section 2 - Quick Start Guide - A brief tutorial on how to install and start using the application Installing the LoginPro Client - A brief outline of the download and installation procedures Creating a LoginPro Account - How to create a LoginPro account Access your Computers using the Web Interface - How to take control and manage systems that are logged in using your account Section 3 - Web Interface: Sharing Files, Printers and Music - Explains how to share files, printers and music between your systems Sharing Files between Host and Remote Computers - Explains how to share files between your host and remote computers Listening to Music from the Remote Computer - How to listen music in the remote computer from your host computer Section 4 - The LoginPro Client More Details Connections - How to view the number of connections established and details about them Allowable Users - How to add or remove users in the system to allow remote connection for the users in the list Settings - How to configure connection settings Quick Assist Explains how to allow others to access your system quickly for assistance or for any other purpose Section 5 Uninstalling Comodo LoginPro - How to remove the application from your system 1.1.System Requirements To ensure optimal performance of Comodo LoginPro, please ensure that your PC complies with the following minimum system requirements: Windows 7 (Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions), Windows Vista (Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions) or Windows XP (Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions) 128 MB available RAM 210 MB hard disk space 2.Quick Start Guide This tutorial briefly explains how you can setup LoginPro and start using it. Installing LoginPro Client Creating a LoginPro Account Access your Computers using the Web Interface 2.1.Installing the LoginPro Client Comodo LoginPro is available for Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 and can be downloaded from www.loginpro.com. Installing LoginPro After downloading Comodo LoginPro setup file to your local hard drive, double click on Setup.exe to the start the installation wizard. Step 1: Welcome Screen The set up program starts automatically and the 'Welcome screen' of the installation wizard will be displayed. At this time, you may cancel the installation process or continue with the Comodo LoginPro Setup program. 4
Click 'Next' to continue. Step 2: End User License Agreement Complete the initialization phase by reading and accepting the End User License Agreement (EULA). Click 'I Agree' to continue installation. If you want to cancel the installation, click 'Cancel'. 5
Step 3: Choosing Installation Location The next stage allows you to select the LoginPro installation folder. The default installation location is 'C:\Program Files\Comodo\LoginPro\'. If you want to install the application to a different location, click 'Browse'. Click 'Install' to begin installation. Step 4: Setup Progress Installation will begin. The progress bar indicates how much time remains. Step 5: Finalizing the Installation Click 'Finish' to complete installation and exit the wizard. The LoginPro client can now be started using one of the following methods: Start Menu - Click Start > All Programs > Comodo > LoginPro > LoginPro Control Panel. Tray icon - Double click on the LoginPro system tray icon to start the application. Comodo LoginPro's streamlined interface provides quick access and control over all aspects of the application. The 'Sign-in' button allows you to login to your account as well as to create a new account. 6
The client has the following main configuration areas: Control Panel Allows you to sign-in to your LoginPro account and contains the following configuration areas:.connections Displays computers that are available for you to connect to. Computers become available after (1) You have installed the LoginPro client on them (2) You have logged into your account through the client at that computer. Allowable Users Displays user accounts that have privileges to connect to this machine. Settings Allows you to configure LoginPro settings. Quick Assist Opens the interface to connect to a remote computer to assist or seek help from an expert. A fuller account of the connections, allowable users and settings tabs is available in the section 'The LoginPro Client'. This quick start guide will now move onto account creation then onto the web interface. 2.2.Creating a LoginPro Account After installing the client, the next step is to create your LoginPro account. This will open the client at the 'Control Panel' tab. Next, click the 'Create Account' link at the upper left of the interface: This will take you to the LoginPro website at https://loginpro.com/. Please click the 'Register Now' button to begin the short enrollment process: Account creation just requires you to create a user-name/password and to enter your email address. You must be able to receive mails at this address as it will be used for account confirmation. 7
After completing the fields, click 'Create My Account' to begin the registration process. An account activation email will be sent to the email address that you entered during registration. Click the verification link in the email to activate your account: With the client installed and your account created, you are now ready to begin adding computers that you wish to connect to. Your LoginPro account allows you to sign-in to our website from any computer in the world. It also allows you to sign in from multiple computers simultaneously to further extend the flexibility of the service. To add your first computer, simply sign-in to your account through the LoginPro client. Open the LoginPro client, make sure the 'Control Panel' tab is active, enter your user-name and password in the fields provided and click 'Sign In' The system tray icon will indicate that LoginPro is trying to connect to the LoginPro server. Once connection is established, you will see the following message: 8
By logging in at this machine, you have successfully registered your first LoginPro computer. To add more, simply repeat the client installation process on any computer to which you require remote access. Make sure to log-in via the client on each computer using the same account user-name and password. To check that everything is working correctly, sign in to your account at our website https://loginpro.com. The computer you just added will be shown on the 'My Computer' tab ready for you to access remotely. The next part of the quick start guide explains how you can view, manage and connect to your computers using the LoginPro web interface at https://loginpro.com 2.3.Access Your Computers Using the Web Interface As a reminder, please first make sure you have first installed the client, created your LoginPro account and have signed-in at each machine that you wish to be able to control remotely. Next, open your favorite Internet browser at https://loginpro.com and log-in at the website with your user-name and password. At first login from a particular machine, you will be asked to install a browser plugin: You can still connect to your systems without installing the plug-in, but some features such as drive and printer sharing will not be available. We recommend you install the plug-in for maximum functionality, but it is not essential for the core desktop control features of LoginPro. After logging into the website, all PCs associated with your account will be displayed on the 'My Computers' tab. 9
You can connect to any computer that you are currently signed into by clicking the 'Connect to this PC' button. Computers that are registered with your account but are not currently signed-in will be displayed as 'OFFLINE'. Should you wish, you can remove offline PCs from the screen by clicking the red 'X' at the top right of the box. To connect to a PC in the list Click the 'Connect to this PC' button under the target computer You will be asked to enter the Windows user-name and password of the remote computer in order to complete the connection: 10
Once your local credentials have been accepted, you will be able to access the remote computer as though you were sitting in front of it. 11
Each computer you connect to will get its own tab with the friendly name of the computer as the tab label. You can connect to multiple computers simultaneously simply by returning to the 'List of computers' and clicking 'Connect to this PC': Click the 'List of computers' tab at the top right. Click 'Connect to this PC' for every additional computer that you wish to connect to. Make sure the computer does not have 'Offline' status. Switch between tabs to access each of your computers. To disconnect from a remote computer, simply close its tab. You will have to re-enter local log-in credentials if you wish to connect to it again. 3.Web Interface: Sharing Files, Printers and Music LoginPro allows you to share files, printers and music files between the computer you are using and any remote controlled computers. Sharing items requires that you installed the browser plug-in on the host computer so may not be available to you if you were not allowed to do this (for example, if you are at an Internet cafe or you are a non-admin user). Click the links below to jump to the relevant section: Sharing files Sharing printers Listening to music on remote computers 3.1.Sharing Files Between Host and Remote Computers Sharing files across computers is accomplished using the 'Bring drives to this PC' feature under each of your connected computers. First, open the computer selection screen by clicking the 'My Computers' tab. Click the 'Bring drives to this PC' icon on the target computer. This will instruct LoginPro to make that machines drives available via Windows Explorer/My computer when you next connect to it. Next, click the 'Connect to this PC' button and sign in using the remote PC's credentials. View the drives by double-clicking the 'Computer' icon on the desktop of the remote computer. Alternatively, use 12
Windows Explorer (Start > Run > type Explorer). The remote drives will be listed under the 'Other' category. Click on any drive to access its contents. Now you can transfer files between computers as if you were are working on a single computer. To stop sharing drive, close the remote computer tab and click on the 'Bring drive' icon so that it becomes disabled. Next time you sign in to the remote computer, the drives will not be listed. 3.1.1. Transferring Files Between Two Remote Computers You can transfer files between two remote computers while logged into the website at a third computer by: (1) Accessing PC #1 using the 'Connect to this PC' button (2) Opening a browser on PC #1 and logging in (again) at https://loginpro.com (3) On PC #2 click 'Bring Drives to this PC' then 'Connect to this PC'. (4) You can then drag and drop files between the two computers as explained in the previous section. 3.2.Sharing Printers Between Host and Remote Computers Click the 'Bring printer to this PC' icon on the computer that has the remote printer. This will instruct LoginPro to make that machine's printer available to you when you next connect to that computer. 13
Next, click the 'Connect to this PC' button and sign in using the remote PC's credentials. The printer in the host system will be listed in the remote computer's 'Devices and Printers' interface. Right-click on the added printer and select 'Set as default printer': Now you can use this device to print documents or any other items from the remote computer. 14
3.3.Listening to Music from the Remote Computer Click the speaker icon in the computer that you want to listen music from. Now, click the 'Connect to this PC' button and sign in using the remote PC's credentials. Navigate to the music files on the remote computer and select the tune that you want to listen to. Open the file with your favorite music player and enjoy the song! 15
3.4.Other Settings To change the icon of the computer Click 'Options' at the top right of the respective box and select 'Change Icon'. Select an icon from the list and click the 'Save' button. To change the friendly name of the computer You can change the name or icon of the computers that you have in the list. Click 'Options' at the top right of the respective box and select 'Change friendly name'. Enter the new name for the computer and click the 'Save' button. 16
The change will be effected and displayed as follows: Note: If you change the icon or the friendly name of the computer that you have taken remotely, the changes will be only for the remote mode and the changes will not affect the computer. To change the display resolution of the remote computer Click the arrow in the display resolution drop-down box and select the desired settings. 17
4.The LoginPro Client More Details 4.1.Connections This tab displays the connection details of PCs that are using the same account. Clicking the 'Details' link will provide you the information about the type of connection established between them, how much time the connection is active and the time and date of connection. If you want disable a connection to a PC, click the 'Disconnect' link beside it. 18
4.2.Allowable Users The 'Alllowable users' area lets you view and specify exactly which users are able to connect to this computer. Connections into this machine can be made by clicking 'Connect to this PC' in the web interface. Initially, the list will contain all users detected on the local PC though you can trim this using the 'Remove...' button. Any members of the Administrator group can also connect, even if they are not listed. Check the 'Allow users to connect...' box to allow remote connections from the listed users. Uncheck the box to prohibit connections from any user (including connections from Admin users). Changing the users listed here will alter your Windows RDP permissions settings. Users with Administrative rights are automatically included in the list of allowed users. Click the 'Add...' button to grant connectivity privileges to other detected users: Users can be prohibited from connecting to this computer by selecting them from the list and clicking 'Remove'. Note you cannot remove users with administrative rights. Scope of permissions - Allowed users will be able to RDP into this machine by clicking the 'Connect to this PC' button in the LoginPro web interface. Similarly, users that are not present on this list will be blocked if they attempt to RDP in using the 'Connect to this PC' feature. 19
4.3.Settings The settings area allows you to configure connection & port settings, autostart options and the friendly name for your system. To configure LoginPro settings Click the 'Settings' tab in the control panel The settings interface will be displayed. The settings interface has two sections. The upper section, 'Friendly name' displays the name of your system. In the bottom section, 'Autostart', you can disable LoginPro to start on system start-up. By default, 'Run at startup' checkbox is selected. Deselect this if you do not want LoginPro to start on your system start up. Advanced Settings Advanced settings allows you to configure the communication port through which you want your system to be connected with another computer. This will be useful if you are going to setup firewall in your system. Note: This is for advanced users only and LoginPro will work fine with the default settings. To configure communication ports In the settings interface, click the 'Advanced Settings' button The Advanced Settings dialog will be displayed. 20
Use Standard LoginPro port numbers - This option is selected by default and LoginPro will use hardcoded ports to establish connectivity. Use Firewall friendly port numbers - If this option is selected, LoginPro will use potentially opened ports. They are: 80, 8080, 8081, 443, 20, 21, 1965, 43, 53 and 37. Use custom port numbers This option allows you to select the port range for LoginPro to connect and configure firewall accordingly. When you select this option, the port number range boxes becomes enabled for you to set the range. Click 'Ok' in the Advanced Settings and 'Apply' in the Settings interface. 4.4.Quick Assist Just as the name suggests, the Quick Assist feature is very useful if you ever need to provide (or receive) assistance with a computer problem. It allows you to quickly take desktop control of your friends computer by simply entering that computer's remote ID and passocode. Quick assist requires both computers to have the LoginPro client installed. To use Quick Assist Start the application and click the Quick Assist tab in the tab structure. 21
There are two sections in the interface the left side allows you to take control of another LoginPro-installed computer and the right side displays your system's ID generated by LoginPro at the time of installation and the passcode. This passcode changes every time the application is opened or can be changed by pressing the refresh button beside it. To connect to a remote computer Enter the computer's ID generated by LoginPro in the 'Remote Computer's ID' field. Click the 'Take Control' button. LoginPro will connect to the remote machine and you will be prompted to enter the Quick Assist password for that machine. 22
Enter the password and click the 'OK' button. LoginPro will check the credentials and after confirmation, connection will be established successfully. Now you can work on that system remotely. The user of that machine can also work on that machine simultaneously. To disconnection the session, right-click on the LoginPro system tray icon and click on the name of the computer that you have taken over. The connection will be discontinued. Reverse this process if you wish your system to be taken over by a user on another LoginPro enabled computer. 5.Uninstalling Comodo LoginPro Click Start > Control Panel In the Control Panel, double-click Add/Remove Programs In the list of currently installed programs, click Comodo LoginPro Click the 'Change/Remove' button. Click Start > Programs > Comodo > LoginPro > Uninstall. OR The uninstallation wizard will start. 23
Click 'Uninstall'. The uninstallation progress will be displayed. Clicking 'Show Details' will show a list of files being currently deleted. 24
On completion, the 'Finish' dialog will be displayed. Click 'Finish'. 25
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