Navigating the Interface

The NetChk Protect interface is designed to be simple yet powerful, enabling you to perform any number of activities quickly and easily. An annotated interface is shown here. For information about each area of the interface, see the table that follows.

The menu bar and the toolbar provide quick access to many of the features of the program.

The active function pane. This pane displays whatever function is currently selected in the button tray at the bottom of the navigation bar. There can be only one function active at a time. In this example the Machine Groups function is the active function.

You can collapse the navigation bar by clicking the icon. This maximizes the size of the right-hand pane.

The button tray contains buttons representing each of the major functions within the program. To work with a function, simply click the desired button in the button tray. The function is displayed within the active function pane at the top of the navigation bar. There are several actions you can perform on the button tray.

: If you find that the buttons in the button tray take up too much space, position your mouse pointer over the horizontal splitter bar at the top of the button tray, and when the pointer turns into a double-headed arrow, drag the splitter bar down. Dragging the horizontal splitter bar to the bottom of the navigation bar converts the buttons to small icons at the bottom of the navigation bar.
: The Configure Buttons icon enables you to manage the buttons shown within the button tray. When you click the icon the following options are presented:
Show more buttons: Converts the left-most icon to a button and adds it to the bottom of the button tray. If all available buttons are contained in the button tray, this menu option is disabled.
Show fewer buttons: Removes the bottom button in the button tray, converting it to an icon that is displayed at the bottom of the navigation bar. If there are no buttons contained in the button tray, this menu option is disabled.
Add or remove buttons: Enables you to add or remove buttons from the button tray. When you remove a button, that function is no longer available within the navigation bar until you add the button back.

This area provides one-click methods for initiating a patch or asset scan of your local machine, your domain, or of a new machine group that you create and configure.

It also provides easy access to an online power savings calculator that will show you how much money can be saved by powering off your machines when they are not in use.

The middle pane is a large display area. It is used to display items related to the feature or function currently being used.

In this example the start page is displayed. The start page is the page you will see the first time you start the program. It provides links to topics in the Help system that explain how to quickly and easily begin using the patch and threat management features of NetChk Protect . You can always return to the start page by clicking the Show Start Page link located in the lower-right corner of the home page.

The announcement area displays security-related news and important messages from Shavlik Technologies . Use the Previous and Next buttons to scroll through the available messages. This area can be toggled off by clearing the Tools > Options > Display > Show main newsfeed sidebar check box.

The Also from Shavlik list and the How Do I ... list contain links to Help topics. The Also from Shavlik links provide information about separately licensable features that have recently been added to the product. The How do I ... links explain how to quickly get started performing the stated tasks. These two lists can be toggled off by clearing the Tools > Options > Display > Show main newsfeed sidebar check box.