Intel Management and Security Status (IMSS), advanced configurations. Part 9

Hello again!
After having presented the brand new IMSS application in the last post, it is time to learn how to tweak this software to match a vendor or IT manager needs.
 
We covered, for the old Intel AMT Status Icon (atchk and atchksrv, or the Privacy Icon), how to change the logo to a manufacturers logo, how to customize the &aposclick here&apos URL and how to control the behavior on Windows startup. We&aposll see the same options for IMSS:

• General tab manufacturer logo customization:
  The logo displayed in the general tab is Intel&aposs logo by default. However, it can be substituted in order to match the visual identity of the computer supplier. For example, a particular manufacturer or ISV may prefer to display the company’s logo.
   
  To change the logo, add a bitmap file called "oemlogo.bmp" to the Intel® Management and Security Status folder (located at "Program Files\Common Files\Intel\Privacy Icon"). The default (Intel&aposs) logo will appear if the bitmap file is absent or invalid.
  Note: The bitmap dimensions must be 62 (width) by 48 (height), as the logo is not resized to match the logo size in the general tab.
• Application loading on Start Up:
  By default, Intel® Management and Security Status loads on windows startup. There are some ways to change this:
  1. 1. A user can then uncheck the "Intel Management and Security Status will be available next time I log on to Windows" check box to prevent it from happening:
     
  2. The system administrator can change a global system setting to override the user selection and never load the application on startup.
     To disable application load on startup for all users, add a value named "DisableOnStartUp" with data 1 to the "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Intel\PIcon\Setting key" in the registry:
     Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Intel\PIcon\Setting]
     Value: "DisableOnStartUp"=dword:00000001
     To return to the default behavior, change the data of the same value to 0, or delete the value.
     Note: The application will still be available from the Start Menu, regardless of the value in this registry key.
     Note: This setting in the registry overrides the user selection in the main tab check box.
  3. Another (more drastic) method is removing the IMSS app from the startup configuration Microsoft&aposs System Configuration Utility:
     Run &aposmsconfig&apos from the &aposRun…&apos dialog, go to the &aposStartup&apos tabs and unselect the PrivacyIconClient. Do not uncheck other Intel services and applications, as they may be of importance to your system&aposs function and performance:
     
• "Click here" URL Customization:
  By default, clicking the ‘Click here for more details’ inside the Learn More dialog will direct the user to the official Intel Corporation website:
  
  The link pointed to by this link inside the Learn more dialog can be modified, to point to a page of the manufacturer&aposs choice:
  To perform this change, add a value named "HelpURL" with the URL of your choice (e.g. http://www.intel.com/) to the HKLM\SOFTWARE\Intel\PIcon\Setting key in the registry.
  Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Intel\PIcon\Setting]
  Value: "HelpURL"="http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/"
  To return to the default behavior, simply delete the value.

That&aposs it for basic configuration of this application; I hope it helps ISVs, OEMs and IT managers making the user experience better.
 
So I guess that now we are ready for a post about the Intel MEI (previously known as HECI driver), and the LMS… Right? Stay tuned, and keep your questions coming on the comments section below!

Articles in the Intel® AMT software series:

1. The software bundled with Intel AMT
2. The notification area icon – understanding the pop-up
3. Configuring the notification area icon & app
4. More configurations (disabling) of the Intel AMT icon
5. Detailed information to the user with the User Notification Service
6. How the UNS works
7. UNS Error Messages and how to fix them
8. Newfangled Intel Management and Security Status
9. Intel Management and Security Status (IMSS), advanced configurations

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SourceOne – In-House eDiscovery and Governance In and Out of the Archive

	SourceOne – In-House eDiscovery and Governance In and Out of the Archive As a Fortune 200 company that is the world’s leader in information storage and management, one of the largest software companies in the world, as well as a leader in information security, EMC has a differentiated ability to solve the…
As a Fortune 200 company that is the world’s leader in information storage and management, one of the largest software companies in the world, as well as a leader in information security, EMC has a differentiated ability to solve the eDiscovery challenge.  The Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) reflects the reality that the eDiscovery challenge is, at its core, all about “Information Management” – how is the organization managing its (especially) unstructured content, and what policies are in place and being enforced, if any, in the first place?  Then, when a new eDiscovery case hits – what processes and tools does it have, if any, to automate an otherwise reactive and expensive eDiscovery process, especially for collection, hold, analysis and review?  With EMC SourceOne, EMC is delivering a differentiated family of solutions to the marketplace – that allows organizations not only scalable enterprise archiving (and eDiscovery within the archive), but also fast to deploy appliances for in-house eDiscovery functionality to index 100s of types of content outside managed archives – “in the wild” – (for example on desktops, file shares, sharepoint, and many other content types).  Once the index is created, robust eDiscovery functionality can be applied to the underlying content (for forensically sound collection, hold, analysis, and review) to drive significant cost out of the process, provide insight into huge volumes of information that was otherwise growing without being leveraged, as well as the ability to apply policy for classification, retention, deletion, privacy and security of the content. EMC is already the company that the best organizations in the world trust to manage their information assets.  Now, EMC’s ability to securely and at massive scale deliver the above functionality – BOTH within and outside of archives and BOTH for proactive policies and for in-house eDiscovery – is differentiated and unique. For more information, please see the following link:  SourceOne Discovery Collector
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Live Broadcast Here – Research @ Intel Day 6/18

The sponsor’s of tomorrow from Intel labs will host media and industry partners at the 8th Annual Research @ Intel Day event at the Computer History Museum to offer a preview of what is still to come for computing. More than 45 futuristic projects and concepts underway in the labs will be unveiled in the areas of the eco-technology, 3D graphics on the internet, mobility, privacy and more. Please join us live here, where we’ll broadcast Justin Rattner’s opening messages and select research demonstrations and interviews with Intel Labs very own “rock stars”.

There will be an episode every hour, complete schedule is below. Please mark your calendar and join live here!

Live Broadcast Schedule:

10:00am: Intel CTO Justin Rattner’s welcome keynote

11:00: Wireless power

12:00: Socializing around arguments on the web: Confrontational Computing

1:00: Carry Small, Live Large experience zone

2:00: Virtual Light Saber Duel

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