About the Status Tray (WhatsUp Gold Status Center) and Desktop Actions applications

WhatsUp Gold installs two task bar icons on your computer; the Status Tray icon, now called the WhatsUp Gold Status Center, and the Desktop Actions icon.

Status Tray (WhatsUp Gold Status Center)

The Status Tray icon automatically displays popup messages about WhatsUp Gold polling activity as they are generated.

To configure WhatsUp Gold Status Center preferences:

1. Click on the icon to launch a dialog that reports the message server status and the number of status messages that are available.
2. Click Advanced View to open the WhatsUp Gold Status Center configuration dialog.
   • On the Messages tab, you can click Clear All to delete current status messages.
   • On the Message Settings tab, you can select the desired check boxes to enable and/or filter message types.
   • On the Poller Configuration tab, you can modify the Service Bus IP and the Service Port for the local poller.

   Note: If the Service Bus IP or the Service Bus IP is changed, click Save and Restart to save changes and restart the polling controller.

3. Close the dialog to save any changes made to the Message Settings.

Desktop Actions

The Desktop Actions icon displays to indicate that the application for Sound and Text-to-Speech actions is turned on.

Note: Desktop Actions must be running for the Sound and Text-to-Speech actions to work.

To turn off the Desktop Actions icon , right-click the icon, then click Close.

Note: Sound and Text-to-Speech actions are disabled when you close the Desktop Actions icon.

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