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Insightful Employee Productivity Monitoring Tool Installation Process for Version of Linux

Insightful is the best employee productivity monitoring tool which support to the version of Linux operating systems.


This article is describing the installation process of Insightful to Linux operating systems. Because the website doesn’t have the clear guide to install it for Linux operating systems except the Windows and Mac OS environments.


The installation process is different for personal and company computers.


Company Computers


Company computer installation is done using the Linux terminal. In order to create a terminal line, you need your organization ID.


1. To get your unique Organization ID, first, log in to Insightful as the admin.
2. Go to Add New Employee > Company computers > Download for MacOS
3. In the terminal line, part of it will be your Organization ID. It looks like this:

export base="https://storage.googleapis.com/workpuls-updates/mac/daemon"; /bin/bash -c

"organizationId="OrganizationID"; $(curl -fsSL $base/install.sh)" 

4. Copy your Organization ID into the following:

export base="https://storage.googleapis.com/workpuls-updates/linux/service"; /bin/bash -c

"organizationId="organizationID"; $(curl -fsSL $base/install.sh)"

5. Newly created terminal line should be copied into the Linux terminal, press enter and the installation will begin.


Personal Computers

After you send personal computer invites, you should follow these steps:

2. Right click on the file and choose Properties
3. On the “Permissions” tab, check the option “Allow executing file as a program
4. Exit the window and double click on AppImage file

FortiClient SSL VPN Stuck at 98% on Windows 10 then Immediately Disconnects


Recently most of the users are face that FortiClient VPN reach to 98% and sudden disconnecting. This issue is not solve even after the restart.


This happened due to recent Windows update and there is only one solution to fixed it.


Once you reinstall the FortiClient SSL VPN software this issue can be fixed. Unless it dint worked and you can't connect to the VPN.

How do I fix a Repeated Password Prompt in Outlook?

 


If the above window always appeared,

  • Check the Password or Username is correct or not,
    • If you are using the App Password and you enter the normal login password this will be always prompt until you enter the correct App Password.
  • Password is expired or not,
  • login account is disabled or expired.

The above all checked and still you appeared the above window, there might be Credential Manager issue in windows. To avoid that please follow the below instructions.

  • Go to Control Panel

  • Select Credential Manager
  • Select Windows Credentials.
  • Select outlook.office365.com.
  • Select Remove.



  • Click OK and restart the computer.
  • After restart the computer, open the Outlook and give the password.

Please note that, don't do this while open the outlook and make sure to close all the Outlook windows before remove the credentials.

How to Install a Software as an Administrative Privilege? - Quick Assist

 

If you have the remote privilege you cannot pass the administrative credentials to users windows unless user login as the administrator user account.

But there is one method to do it specially when you have to install the software in user's computer.

Please follow the my previous blog post to remote connect to the user computer.

How to use the Quick Assist

After that, 

  • Shift+Right Click on the software
  • Select “Run as different user

  • Give the Administrative credential as below and install it.

If the additional windows appeared in the users windows to approve it, please aske user to approve it.



How to use the Quick Assist

 

Please follow the below steps.

  • Open Quick Assist tool.
  • Click on “Assist another person
  • Sign in with your password.
  • Give the security code to user.
  • User need to enter that code in “Code from assistant” & click on “Share screen

  • Select “Take full control” and click on “Continue
  • User need to click on “Allow

If the above task are done, you can see the users windows as the follows.


My FortiClient VPN doesn't have the Uninstaller Option

 


My FortiClient VPN doesn't have the Uninstaller Option and only have the Repair Option. Therefor cannot Uninstall it.

If your FortiClient VPN or EMS doesn't have the uninstaller option, that means there might be have a corruption of VPN or restriction from the End Point Management System from your System Administrator.

If you want to uninstall it, there is one method to do it in using the the CMD.

  • Open Command Prompt (CMD) as an Administrator.

  • Type the following command and press "Enter" key.

wmic product where "name like 'Forti%%'" call uninstall /nointeractive
  • Then computer will be restart after the uninstall.
This command is very easy to uninstall all Forti production in your computer.

Complete Guide of FortiClient EMS

 


FortiClient EMS is paid version with more features to control your endpoint devices of your organization. There has several features and here I mentioned the basic explanation of each and every features.

  • Zero Trust Telemetry
This show us the your endpoint device is connect to the FortiEMS server and it is always connected and cannot disconnect without the pin code provide by the System Administrator. This is always connected either you use the personal internet source or organizational internet source. 


  • Remote Access
This is the normal VPN connected tab and you can use your login credential to login your organizational access. 


  • Sandbox Detection
This feature always check you mail attachments and saved documents if the it has virus or not. This is upload your document to there server and check it and redownload to your endpoint device before you open it or saved it.

This might be increase of data usage in your internet package and it is slower your computer performance. 


  • Web Filter
This is filtering your web access either you connected to the organizational internet source or personal internet source. And it is monitor all your internet activity through the organizational server and there are no any privacy and user have to be careful regarding that. 


  • Application Firewall
This is the firewall monitor the activity in your endpoint device.


  • Vulnerability Scan
This can be schedule to check the vulnerabilities in your endpoint device and it is faction as the virus guard. 

Hmmmm... can't reach this page - FortiEMS

 


Hmmmm... can't reach this page

This is the feature of FortiEMS in your organization environment and your System Administrator can manage your internet access either you in the organization or with your personal internet source.

This feature already enabled either you connect to the VPN or not. if you need to access the restricted website, please contact your System Administrator to allow it.

Please note that all your internet activity is monitored by the FortiEMS and there is no any privacy in it.