When communicating with a remote Windows® NT/2K/XP/2003 workstation or server, ipMonitor will use the Credentials defined to connect to the remote machine. If no Credentials are specified, ipMonitor will use the current account privileges of the ipMonitor Service.

You may need to specify a separate monitoring Credential in certain situations; for example, in the case of monitoring a Service running under the local system, or when running ipMonitor under a low-privileged account. This may require modification of local security policies on the ipMonitor host machine. Consult the corporate security policies and regulations of your organization before making any changes.

For more in-depth information on configuring a Credential for use with Windows® NT/2K/XP/2003 Services, refer to the Credentials section in the Context-Sensitive help accessible from the ipMonitor web interface.

For information on other features and concepts related to those discussed in this article, refer to the following ipMonitor resources:

Centralized Accounts and Passwords: The Credential Manager

Strengthening Security with the Credentials Manager

Using the Credentials Wizard to Create Credentials

Using the Credentials Wizard to Apply Credentials

How do I Monitor a Windows Service when All I Have is an IP Address?

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