Launching the Administration Console

Normally, you run the Administration Console as a member of the Domain Admins group, as explained in the procedure below. See the procedures that follow it for instructions on running it as a member of another group.

To launch the Administration Console

1. Make sure you are logged in as a member of the Domain Admins group.
2. In the Start menu, select Programs, then Cloudmark Server Edition, then Cloudmark Server Edition Administration Console.

The Cloudmark Admin Console appears.

If you are logged in as a user belonging to a different group, you can still run the Administration Console by selecting Cloudmark Server Edition > Administration Console in the Start menu and following the instructions for your operating system below:

To launch the Administration Console in another group on Windows 2000

1. In the Start menu, navigate to Programs, then Cloudmark Server Edition, then Cloudmark Server Edition Administration Console. (Do not click Administration Console yet.)
2. Right-click Administration Console.
3. In the pop-up menu that appears, select Run As....
4. Enter the username and password of the Windows user account that you set up for CSE.

To launch the Administration Console in another group on Windows XP

1. In the Start menu, navigate to Programs, then Cloudmark Server Edition, then Cloudmark Server Edition Administration Console. (Do not click Administration Console yet.)
2. Right-click Administration Console.
3. In the pop-up menu that appears, select Properties.
4. On the Shortcut tab, click the Advanced button.
5. Select the “Run with different credentials” check box.
6. Click OK.
7. Click OK again.

After you apply this change, you will be prompted to choose a user every time you click the menu item.

The remaining sections of this topic explain how to use the Administration Console.

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Related topics

• Starting and stopping the CSE service
• Connecting to and disconnecting from CSE servers
• Configuring global options