7.9 Customizing the myScreen Preferences

You can set up and change the myScreen preferences.

  1. To open the Preferences dialog box, right-click the myScreen icon in the notification area and click Tools > Preferences.

The Preferences dialog box has the following tabs:

7.9.1 Account Tab

You view important details like your unique screen-sharing URL in the Account tab.

7.9.2 Network Tab

You use the Network tab to configure your proxy settings.

You can configure the network settings to use a proxy server to connect to the Internet. A proxy server acts as a security barrier between your internal network and the Internet, preventing others on the Internet from obtaining access to information that is located on your internal network.

7.9.3 Advanced Tab

You use the Advanced tab to change your screen-sharing and myScreen settings.

Screenshare Options

Connection Timeout: Sets or returns how many seconds to wait before canceling a connection attempt and generating an error. The default is thirty seconds. However, heavy server use or high network traffic can easily cause delays greater than thirty seconds.

Idle Timeout: Determines the period of inactivity after which the connection with the server is closed. A value of 0 means that no timeout is applied. The default value is 30 seconds.

Use Driver: Enables or disables the driver used to capture your computer screen. Do not turn this option off unless you are told to do so by Novell Conferencing support.

myScreen Options

Auto Sign-In at Launch: If this option is selected, you are automatically signed in when you start myScreen. If this option is not selected, you need to provide your login credentials every time you use myScreen.

Do not run on startup: By default, the myScreen icon does not appear in the notification area. If you deselect this option, the icon is displayed the next time you start the computer, and it remains displayed until you select this option again.

Default Share Type: This option lets you select what type of sharing starts when you use myScreen: Desktop, Region, or Application.

Make All Meetings Private: All myScreen sessions are converted into private sessions. Attendees must provide the private key in order to join the session.

Enable Copy to Clipboard Dialog: Copies the screen-sharing URL to the clipboard.

Quality Level: Setting the Quality Level to Default gives the best performance over a range of networks. If you set it to High, myScreen transmits at the maximum resolution, which uses a substantial amount of bandwidth.

7.9.4 About Tab

The About tab shows basic information about the currently installed release as well as the unique screen-sharing URL.