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Advanced:Appearance

  • Select the view you want displayed automatically when you open Headquarters--usually the location where you most frequently work.

  • Choose whether Cyber Patrol displays an explanatory message when access to the Internet or an application is blocked.


How to set your startup view

To select the view you see when you open Headquarters:

  1. In Advanced:Appearance, in the Startup View area, select the view you want to see. For example, if you are in the process of setting up users and profiles, you might want Headquarters to always open to Advanced:Profiles.
  2. Click Save.

You can change the view again at any time.


Block pages

When a user is blocked from the Internet or an application, Cyber Patrol displays a page with a restriction message. This block page can be modified to also show the reason the location is blocked and the name of the current user profile.

You have the following display options for the block page:

Reason for block

Cyber Patrol displays a message such as, "Reason for block: Cyber Patrol Setup:Time."

Current profile

If more than one user profile is defined, Cyber Patrol displays the name of the profile currently logged in.


How to set block page options

To have the block page show why access is being denied:

  1. In Advanced:Appearance, go to Block Page Options.
  2. Check the Show reason for block box.
  3. Click Save.

To have the block page show which user profile is being denied access:

  1. In Advanced:Appearance, go to Block Page Options.
  2. Check the Show current profile box.
  3. Click Save.


Expiration Behavior

You can choose to either block or allow all Internet access when your Cyber Patrol subscription expires.

Note that if you block all Internet access, in some cases, your email may also be blocked. Although this sounds harsh, it is designed to prevent anyone from accidentally accessing inappropriate sites. To gain Internet access again, either purchase a new subscription or uninstall Cyber Patrol. If you uninstall, be sure to use the Cyber Patrol uninstall option.

Warning!  It is strongly recommended that the Expiration Behavior be set to Blocked if the Tampering behavior in Setup:Access is not blocked. If both these behaviors were allowed, and someone tampers with the computer's system date, moving it forward past the CyberLIST subscription date, then full Internet and application access could occur.


How to change expiration behavior

To choose how Cyber Patrol will behave when the CyberLIST subscription expires:

  1. In Advanced:Appearance, go to Expiration Behavior.
  2. Select either Blocked or Allowed.
    Warning!   If you set the Expiration Behavior to Allowed, it is strongly recommended that you make sure the Tampering option in Setup:Access is set to Blocked to prevent possible full Internet access.
  3. Click Save.


Presence on Task bar (Windows only)

When Cyber Patrol is running, an icon is displayed in the Windows Task bar. You can hide the Cyber Patrol icon, so that it's not obvious that filtering is taking place.


How to hide the Cyber Patrol icon

To hide the Cyber Patrol icon:

  • In Advanced:Appearance, go to Presence on Toolbar.
  • Check the Hide Cyber Patrol icon box.
  • Click Save. When you close both Headquarters and the Cyber Patrol toolbar, the icon disappears.

To view Headquarters or the Cyber Patrol toolbar again:

  • Start Cyber Patrol.


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