Document information Version: 3.62 Note: The information in this article applies to Mobile Net Switch 3.

62 and higher.

Mobile Net Switch manual

Index Overview Requirements How to use Mobile Net Switch Installation Main Account Information Mapping drives Configure Proxy Server Network DHCP Manual Advanced o Windows Firewall o DNS Suffix o NetBIOS over TCP/IP o MAC Address o DNS Cache Internet Start Page Dial-up connection Internet Connection Sharing Default dialing location ISA Firewall client Desktop Wallpaper Resolution Numlock Volume System Default Printer Default Outlook Profile Default Outlook Express Profile Dynamic Outgoing SMTP Server Hosts Scripts Remarks Tray bar icon Default Profile Extra options Export Settings Command line parameters Options Menu Security (Context) Locking Profiles User Mode Global Settings Mode Hidden Mode Advanced registry configuration options

Overview Mobile Net Switch enables you to use your computer at more then one network with the click of a button. It allows you to automatically select the correct drive mappings, printer settings, IP settings and much more. Settings are applied instantly, you do not have to restart your computer. Mobile Net Switch stores location specific settings in Profiles. Each Location Profile can be easily configured with the settings for your network. You can simply activate the desired Location Profile. Within moments your machine is configured and ready. To add, edit, copy or remove a location profile, use the 'Profiles' menu. Requirements Mobile Net Switch supports Windows 2000 (Professional and Server), Windows XP (Professional, Home, Tablet PC and Media Center Edition) and Windows Server 2003 (Web, Standard and Enterprise). The program also functions on Windows 98/NT when WMI is installed. WMI is a free Microsoft extension to Windows which is installed by default on Windows 2000, XP and Windows 2003. (Please note; using Mobile Net Switch on Windows 98/NT is not supported but will function correctly on most systems when WMI and the latest network card driver are installed). When installing Mobile Net Switch on Windows 98 you will receive a warning dialog stating the security module "SF Impersonat0r.dll" can not be registered. Because Windows 98 doesn't contain local permissions and security like Windows NT (and higher) this error can be safely ignored. The "Security Context" feature is not required on Windows 98 and will not be available on that platform. You can download WMI freely from the Microsoft Website at the following location: http://www.mobilenetswitch.com/contentredirect/WMICORE Contact your hardware vendor to get the latest network card drivers or visit the Drivers Guide at: http://www.driverguide.com/

How to use Mobile Net Switch When Mobile Net Switch is started for the first time, a profile named "Default" is created. This profile contains the most basic settings and can be used as a starting point. Step 1: Create a new profile: 1. Create a new profile (in the menu "Profiles" click "Add") 2. Give this profile a descriptive name (e.g. office network) A new empty profile is created. It's now possible to configure the settings that need to be changed when connecting to the specified network. All settings are optional, if no value is specified for a particular option, it is not configured and the current setting will not be changed. See the rest of the manual for more detailed information on each feature. Step 2: The Main tab: 1. Enter the user name and password of the connecting network. (for a domain enter the user name as: DomainName\UserName, for a workgroup enter: TargetComputerName\UserName) This information is optional and will be used when connecting to resources that require authentication, e.g. a drive mapping. It is possible to use alternate credentials for each drive mapping (add or edit a drive mapping, then check the "Connect using a different username") 2. Specify a proxy server if needed Step 3: The Network tab: Some networks require manual and other automatic (DHCP) IP assignment. These settings can be configured for each network card installed in the system: 1. Select the network adapter 2. Check or uncheck the "Enable" checkbox to en/disable the network card at profile activation 3. Check the "New configuration" checkbox and select "DHCP" or "Manual" 4. If DHCP is selected no other settings are required (it is possible but not required to manually specify different Gateway, DNS and WINS values) 5. If Manual is selected enter the IP addressing that is used on the connected network. It is possible to specify multiple values for each of the IP fields, (separate entries with ;) 6. Click the Advanced button to; - enable or disable the Windows Firewall (previously called the Internet Connection Firewall). - specify a DNS suffix - configure NetBIOS over TCP/IP - Flush the DNS resolver cache at profile activation Step 4: The Internet tab: 1. Specify the start page of the Internet Explorer and Firefox 2. Select the connection method and optionally the default Dial up and VPN connection 3. Select if you want to enable Internet Connection Sharing for a specified network connection 4. Select the dialing location (for example to specify Windows to dial a 0 for an outside line or use a direct connection) 5. If the ISA Firewall client is installed, you can configure to enable or disable it when activating the selected profile Step 5: The Desktop tab: 1. Specify if you want to use a different wallpaper for this profile 2. Specify if you want to use different display settings 3. Specify the Numlock state (e.g. for laptop users using an external keyboard; enable Numlock,. When using the build-in keyboard; disable Numlock) 4. Specify the volume settings Step 6: The System tab: 1. Select the default printer to use in all programs 2. Select the Outlook (Outlook 97, 98, 2000, XP and 2003, Express) profile 3. Select the local time zone

4. If you need to use a different outgoing (SMTP) server, enter the name of the SMTP server and click the "Get IP Address" button. This feature is explained in the manual at System -> Dynamic Outgoing SMTP Server Step 7: The Hosts tab: If you need to specify different Hosts settings, check the "Dynamic Hosts file" checkbox and enter the required information. See the Hosts section of the manual for more information Step 8: The Scripts tab: The scripts tab allow you to configure programs, batch files, scripts and .reg file to be executed before or after profile activation. These are two frames, the top frame allows you to specify scripts to run for all profiles, the bottom frame allows you to configure scripts to run for the selected profile only. Step 9: The Remarks tab: This page allows you to enter your remarks regarding the connected network (e.g. the opening hours of the building, code of the server room, desk phone number etc) Step 10: Activating the configured profile: When all settings have been specified it is possible to activate the profile. Click the "Activate button", Mobile Net Switch will now configure your machine within seconds. No reboot is required. Notes: Mobile Net Switch operates within the normal permission model of Windows. Almost all settings do not require local administrator privileges except for the IP Addressing features. If your account doesn't have local administrator permissions, you can still use all other features of Mobile Net Switch. To use the IP Addressing features without local administrator permissions, click on Security in the Options menu. Mobile Net Switch stores all settings on a per user base. The user is also allowed to change all program settings. To modify this default behavior, see the following paragraphs of this manual: Locking Profiles, User Mode and Global Settings Mode. Alternatively you can use the free add-on Mobile Net Switch Quick Launcher

Installation To use a new version or build of Mobile Net Switch; 1. Exit and Uninstall any current version of Mobile Net Switch you may have installed (your configuration will not be removed) 2. Download Mobile Net Switch from the following location: http://www.MobileNetSwitch.com/Download. 3. Install Mobile Net Switch. 4. Use your registration code to register Mobile Net Switch. If you don't have a registration code, the following dialog will be presented:

Click on the 'Use Evaluation Version' button to start using Mobile Net Switch. The evaluation license allows you to use Mobile Net Switch for up to thirty days (the program doesn't expire), after this period you must purchase a license or stop using it and remove any copy from your system. Besides the start-up screen, Mobile Net Switch is not limited in any way.
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Main

The Main page allows your to specify the account information, define the drive mapping list and configure a proxy server.

Account Information This options allows you to specify a domain and user name and the associated password. When using your computer on a foreign domain or workgroup, the account you have used to logon to your machine, normally does not have permission to access any resources on the foreign network. When you specify account information, Mobile Net Switch will use this information to authenticate yourself when for example mapping drives specified in the drive mapping List. The password is encrypted and stored in the registry at the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CNS\<Profile Name> You can also specify a user name without password. Mobile Net Switch will ask you for the password when you activate the profile using the dialog shown below.

Mapping Drives The drive mapping List allows you to specify the resources you want to use on the network. You can specify the following resource types:

1. Drive Letter The Drive Letter option will make a direct drive mapping using the selected drive letter to the specified network share. 2. LPT Port The LPT option will map the selected LPT port to the specified network print queue. 3. IPC$ Connection The IPC$ connection will authenticate you to the specified network resource (e.g. a Windows workstation or Server or any other Windows compatible network resource). 4. Connect using a different username Select this checkbox when you want to use a different username then specified on the Main tab to connect to this resource. Please note: Windows does not allow you to make multiple connections to a shared network server from the same workstation if you attempt to use more than one set of credentials. If you attempt to make two or more connections to the same server using two or more sets of credentials, you will receive the following error message: The credentials supplied conflict with an existing set of credentials. To make the connection with the other account, disconnect the previous connection('s) to the server. This behavior is by caused by Windows and is by design for security purposes. Enabling the browse button In the above screenshot the "Browse" button has been enabled. This button is disabled and hidden by default because browsing is not supported on all networks. To enable the Browse button, edit the following registry entry and reopen the Manage Drive Mappings dialog: Key location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CNS\ Entry name: EnableBrowseButton Entry value: 1

Configure Proxy Server This option allows you specify a proxy server address and proxy server port which will be used by the Internet Explorer and Firefox. When activating the profile, any current Internet Explorer window is now automatically updated with the new configuration. Firefox needs to be started after the configuration has changed. Select the Auto button to let Internet Explorer and Firefox automatically determine the settings. When you Specify the Manual button, the correct proxy server address and port must be supplied (recommended for most situations). There are Five methods of configuring the Proxy Server: Method 1: Do not modify the current Proxy server settings; - Simply de-select the checkbox

Method 2: Clear Proxy server settings; - Select the checkbox and leave the Server and Port empty

Method 3: A manual (HTTP) Proxy server; - Select the checkbox - Select the Manual option (click the label "Server", then select "Proxy Server Script") - Enter the proxy server address and port - Optionally specify Proxy Server Exceptions by clicking the Advanced button

Method 4: Automatic Proxy configuration script; - Select the checkbox - Select the Script option (click the label "Server", then select "Proxy Server Address") - Enter the location and name of the Automatic Proxy configuration script - Optionally specify Proxy Server Exceptions by clicking the Advanced button

Method 5: Multiple Proxy Servers; - Select the checkbox - Select the Manual option (click the label "Server", then select Proxy Server Script) - Either select the Advanced button or enter the location and name of the proxy Servers using the following syntax:

http=httpserver:8080;https=secureserver:8080;ftp=ftpserver:8080;socks=socksserver:8080 Note: You do not have to specify a Proxy Server for each protocol, (e.g. http=httpserver:8080;ftp=ftpserver:8080 is also correct) - Optionally specify Proxy Server Exceptions by clicking the Exceptions button

Automatically detect settings: Mobile Net Switch resets the proxy settings back to default before configuring new proxy settings, this is to ensure compatibility with all Internet Explorer and Windows combinations. The default behavior of Internet Explorer is to enable the "Automatically detect settings" feature. To modify this behavior; click on Options, then select Advanced and de-select the "Reset the Internet Explorer proxy settings when activating a profile" option. Internet Explorer Title bar: Mobile Net Switch will configure the Internet Explorer's Title bar to display the configured Proxy Server. To disable this feature; click on Options, then select Advanced and de-select the "Add proxy name to the Internet Explorer title bar" option.

Proxy Server Exceptions: To exclude locations from using the Proxy Server, use the Proxy Server Exceptions option. Click on the Exceptions button and enter the locations which must be excluded from using the configured Proxy Server. Mobile Net Switch automatically activates the "Bypass proxy for local addresses" function of the Internet Explorer when you have specified a Proxy Server.

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Network

The Network page allows you to specify the method your machine must use for it's IP Address configuration. You can specify DHCP or Manual IP Addressing. To enable the IP Addressing option, select the appropriate network card using the 'Network card' drop down box, then select the 'Enabled' checkbox next to the 'New Configuration' frame. When using DHCP, you can also manually specify the Gateway, WINS and/or DNS servers. To configure a manual DNS server while using DHCP, click the Gateway address label and select Manual from the context menu. Te same procedure applies for configuring a manual DNS and WINS server when using DHCP. Multiple entries must be separated by ;

You can also use the IP editing box by clicking the button next to any of the IP textboxes. (tip: If you need to add more then one IP address in the same range you can press CTRL while clicking on the Add button) To disable or enable a Network Connection, select the (Enable) checkbox next to the network card/connection drop down box. At profile activation, the Network Connection will be enabled/disabled. This function is supported on Windows 2000 and higher. Changing network and IP settings requires local administrator permissions, if your account doesn't have local administrator permissions, you can specify an alternate account which will be used by Mobile Net Switch when changing these options. Click on Security in the Options menu. Using this unique feature, you can change network settings without the need of local administrator permissions.

DHCP DHCP is used on most company networks. Mobile Net Switch will detect if your machine has a valid IP Address. If not, an 'IP Renew' is performed. This automatic feature can be switched off using the 'Options' menu and deselecting 'Auto renew IP when required'.

When your machine has a valid IP Address, Mobile Net Switch will detect this and will not renew or refresh the configuration. Manual The manual IP Address configuration option allows you to specify the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, DNS server and WINS server. When you activate the profile, these settings will be applied to your network card. To clear the default gateway, simply leave the field blank. To specify multiple default Gateways, use ; to separate the addresses. Advanced Internet Connection Firewall (Windows Firewall): You can select to enable or disable the Internet Connection Firewall for the selected network card. This feature is available on systems running Windows XP and higher. When using Windows XP Service Pack 1 or lower and a program internally connects to the Internet Connection Firewall and tries to enable or disable it, Windows will show a warning dialog. The dialog has been hard coded by Microsoft and can only be disabled by installing Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher.

DNS Suffix: You can specify a connection specific DNS Suffix. This will greatly enhance network name resolution performance when this option is not specified by the DHCP server on the network (on many networks the DHCP server doesn't provide the DNS Suffix). When you leave this value blank, the DNS Suffix will be reset. To specify multiple DNS Suffix addresses, use ; to separate addresses.

NetBIOS over TCP/IP: You can set NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) to enable, disable or default. Depending on the network you are connected to this feature allows you to disable NetBT for security or enable it for name resolution compatibility (e.g. when using WINS are your primary name resolution mechanism).

MAC Address This option allows you to change the MAC Address on the selected network card. To load the new MAC Address, the network card will be disabled and enabled again at profile activation.

Only network cards that conform with the Windows network driver specifications are supported.

Flush DNS Cache and Restart Network card: Select the checkbox to flush the DNS revolver cache or restart the network card when the selected profile is activated.

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Internet

The Internet page allows you to specify Internet and Network related settings. Start Page Allows you to specify the default start page used by Internet Explorer and Firefox. Deselect the checkbox next to 'Start page' to disable setting a start page. Dial-up connection Select the method and dial-up connection Internet Explorer (and related applications) will use when connecting to resources. Deselect the checkbox next to 'Connection' to disable setting the dial-up connections settings. Internet Connection Sharing Allows you to enable or disable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) for your Local Array and Dial-up Networking connections. Please note that Windows allows only one connection to be shared at any given time. When activating a profile, Mobile Net Switch will first disable ICS for all specified connections in the selected profile and will then enable ICS for the selected connection. Connections with the value 'do not modify' (default) will be ignored. Default dialing location (Dialing Rules) Allows you to specify which dialing rules will be used by Windows when dialing to other network resources. Using this option you don't have to remember, and select, the correct dialing rule every time you dial to a remote network resource. ISA Firewall client The ISA client is a small tool that can be installed when the network uses Microsoft ISA Server 2000 and 2004 in it's Firewall role. The ISA Client reroutes all Winsock traffic to the ISA Server without the

need to configure each tool for proxy usage (for example a local FTP tool can be used without configuring a proxy server, the ISA client redirects traffic to the ISA Server). This client can (and will) interfere traffic when your machine is not connected to the network/ISA Server. This option allows you to enable or disable the ISA Server Firewall client 2000 and 2004 (for 2004, Mobile Net Switch 2.31 or higher is required). This feature will be unavailable when no ISA Firewall client is installed. Proxy Server name On some machines the auto-detect feature of the Firewall Client (version 2000) doesn't detect the ISA server correctly on all networks. To configure the ISA server manually, use the following command: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Firewall client\chkwsp32.exe -r -s ISA-SERVER -f (Where c:\.. the installation directory of the ISA proxy firewall client) Mobile Net Switch can be configured to automatically execute this command when activating a profile. Simply add the command to the Script page of Mobile Net Switch. The ISA Firewall client setting will be effective immediately but the tray icon might not be updated.
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Desktop

The Desktop page allows you to specify wallpaper, display resolution, Numlock state and Volume settings. Wallpaper Allows to you set a custom wallpaper when activating the selected profile. Click the browse button to select a wallpaper image, then specify if the image must be stretched, tilled or centered. Resolution Allows you to select the display resolution, color depth and refresh rate. The supported settings are retrieved from Windows (from the default display adapter) and placed in the Display Settings selection box. Please note that you should not configure your machine to use a resolution or refresh rate that your system doesn't support. Use the Test button and follow the instructions to verify if the chosen settings are supported by your system. Numlock Allows you to enable or disable Numlock. This feature is often used by laptop owners using an external keyboard (set Numlock on) on one location and the build-in keyboard (set Numlock off) on other locations. Volume Allows you to specify the volume and mute settings for the selected profile.
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System

The System page allows you to specify a default Printer, Outlook and Outlook Express profile and outgoing SMTP server. Default Printer The Printers page allows you to specify a default Printer. When you activate the profile, the default Printer will be changed to the specified value. Using this option you don't have to select the correct Printer in every application. Use the 'Clear' button to disable setting the Default Printer for this Mobile Net Switch profile. To ensure you have the appropriate permissions to print to the specified Printer, make a IPC$ connection to the Print Server using the Mappings option on the Main tab page. See the image below for an example.

Mobile Net Switch (as of version 2.32 build March 31, 2004) will notify all open application to use the new default printer. On some machines this can cause some delay (hanging of the notification process). Mobile Net Switch will detect this and will ensure that the next time the application notification will be skipped. The result is that the default printer is set, and if a problem occurred it will not occur again ever on that machine. To enable this feature Mobile Net Switch automatically sets the following registry value to 1. Key location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CNS\ Entry name: noNewDefaultPrinterNotify Entry value: 1 (1 to enable, 0 to disable) Default Outlook profile The System page allows you to specify a default Outlook (MAPI) profile. When you activate the profile, the Mapi profile used by Outlook will be changed to the specified value. Using this option you don't have to select the required profile every time Outlook is started. To select a Mapi profile, simply select the required Mapi Profile from the presented list. Use the 'Clear' button to disable setting the Default Outlook profile for this Mobile Net Switch profile. Default Outlook Express profile The system page allows you to specify a default Outlook Express profile. When you activate the profile, the default Outlook Express profile be changed to the specified profile. Local Time Zone This feature allows you to specify a default Time Zone for the selected profile. Use the 'Clear' button to disable setting the Time Zone for this Mobile Net Switch profile. Dynamic outgoing SMTP Server When using a pop mailbox you have to specify the SMTP server of the location you are connected. Using the DynamicSMTP option of Mobile Net Switch, this tasks has been greatly simplified. This option is compatible with all well known pop and smtp mail clients, e.g. Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, Pegasus Mail, Netscape Mail, etc.

outgoing SMTP mail server to DynamicSMTP. See the images below for an example.

Outlook Express example

Outlook 2003 example

In Mobile Net Switch, select the System tab.

In this example, the outgoing mail server for the profile HQ network is named Mail.HQ.lan. This information is added to the DynamicSMTP textbox. The dynamic SMTP feature requires the IP address of the server. The address can be retrieved using the Get IP Address button. If for some reason the (correct) IP address isn't returned you can also directly enter the IP Address into the DynamicSMTP textbox.

When this profile is activated, the alias DynamicSMTP is added to the Hosts file and can then be used to send outgoing mail to. You will no longer have to edit your mail settings. Simply configure the correct outgoing mail server in each profile. Please note that some e-mail programs (e.g. Outlook 2003) must be restarted for the new setting to be effective. A new feature has been added as of Mobile Net Switch 2.26; when you enter the name of the outgoing SMTP server and not it's IP address, the IP address will be automatically resolved each time the profile is activated. To use this feature, simply enter the name of the SMTP server and do not click the "Get IP Address" button.
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Hosts

The Hosts page allows you to specify entries to the hosts file which will be available when the selected profile has been activated. The current Hosts file content will not be removed. The dynamic content is added to the end of the current hosts file, any previous dynamic content added by Mobile Net Switch will be overwritten. When this option is used for the first time, Mobile Net Switch detects the Hosts file location and stores it in the registry at the following location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CNS\HostsFileLocation. If no hosts file is present, Mobile Net Switch creates a new Hosts file.
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Scripts

The Scripts page allows you to run scripts and programs when activating a profile. You can specify when a particular script must be executed. To ensure a scripts always runs, please add it to the 'All Profiles' section. To let a script run when selecting a particular Profile, please add it to the 'Selected Profile' section. when you specify a .reg file, it will be imported into the registry automatically. The second combo box allows you to select how to run the script or program. Options are: Normal, Minimized, Maximized and Hidden.
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Remarks

The Remarks page allows you to store profile related information. For example the code for the server room or the address of the location.
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Tray bar icon

The Tray bar icon allows you to launch Mobile Net Switch. Clicking once on the tray bar icon will open the Profile Popup window:

Double-clicking on the icon will open Mobile Net Switch.

Right-clicking on the tray bar icon will open the context menu:

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Default Profile

You can specify a default profile using the 'Profiles' menu and then selecting 'Set selected Profile as default'

To activate the default profile, press the CTRL key and click on the Activate button or use the 'Default profile' link in the profile popup menu.

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Extra options
Mobile Net Switch allows for several extra options: Export Settings To export the settings of Mobile Net Switch, use the 'Export settings' option from the 'Options' menu. You will be presented with the dialog shown below. 1. Select if you want to export the complete configuration of only the specified profile.

2. Enter a file name the which the settings of Mobile Net Switch will be exported.

Always use this option, and not the Microsoft Registry Editor, when saving your Mobile Net Switch configuration.

To restore the configuration of Mobile Net Switch; 1. Completely exit Mobile Net Switch (also close the tray bar icon) 2. Double-click on the Mobile Net Switch Export file and click on Ok. Command line parameters Mobile Net Switch can be started using the following command line parameters:

/Profile: When you select a profile using the command line parameter, the following procedure will be executed: 1. Mobile Net Switch will be launched 2. The profile will be activated 3. Mobile Net Switch will be closed (default) /CLOSE and /NOCLOSE The /CLOSE and /NOCLOSE parameter determine if Mobile Net Switch should close automatically after profile activation or should keep running. /? Shows the help dialog as shown above Options Menu The 'Options' menu allows the following configuration options: >Add current proxy settings to this profile Clicking this option will add the currently configured selected Proxy Server to the selected profile. >Add current network mappings to this profile Clicking this option will add all current drive mappings to the selected profile. >Export Settings This feature is described at the following location Extra Options => Export Settings. > Security context This feature is described at the following location Extra Options => Security (Context).

> Settings mode This feature is described at the following location Extra Options => Global Settings Mode. > Advanced options Allows you to set several advanced configuration options as shown below

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Advanced >Auto renew IP when required Mobile Net Switch will detect if your machine has a valid IP Address, if not a 'IP Renew' is performed. This automatic feature can be switched of using the 'Options' menu. >Prompt for password When this option has been enabled, and you have specified only a username and not a password in a profile, the following dialog will be presented when activating a profile:

>Add proxy name to the IE title bar When this option has been enabled, Mobile Net Switch adds the configured proxy server name to the Internet Explorer's title bar (requires the Internet Explorer window to be reopened). When Mobile Net Switch is closed, the title bar is always restored back to the original value. >Usage Log The Usage Log shows the result of the last five activated Mobile Net Switch profiles.

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Startup >Start Minimized When this option has been enabled, Mobile Net Switch will start as a tray bar application. Enabling this option is recommended. >Auto start with Windows When this option has been enabled, Mobile Net Switch will start be started when Windows is loaded. Enabling this option is recommended.
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Security The Security option allows you to specify which credential Mobile Net Switch will use when configuring network settings (switching the following settings: IP addressing, the time zone, hosts file, Windows Firewall, ISA client and more).

Windows requires local administrator permission for these options. When your account doesn't have local admin permissions, you can configure an alternate account. Mobile Net Switch will still completely operate using your logged account. Only when setting the network options (which require local admin permissions) will Mobile Net Switch temporarily change the security context of the program to the specified account, when the setting have been made, it will revert back to your logged on account. This process is fast and completely invisible for the end user. This unique feature enables you to switch IP addressing, the time zone, hosts file, Windows Firewall, ISA client and other settings without local administrator permissions. To allow normal users to enable and/or disable Network Connection, read the following section. Only when using Windows 2000 and lower, the logged on account (not the account entered in the security dialog) requires the 'Act as part of the operating system' permission. To configure this permission, use the following procedure: Start 'Gpedit.msc', select 'Computer Configuration' -> 'Windows Settings' -> 'Security Settings' -> 'Local Policies' -> 'User Rights Assignment' -> 'Act as part of the operating system' and add the current user. Changed Local Policy settings take some time to become effective. Use the Test settings button to check if the specified account is accessible for Mobile Net Switch.
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Locking Profiles Mobile Net Switch can be configured to Lock the configuration of one or more Profiles. To lock a Profile use the following procedure: 1. Exit Mobile Net Switch (including the tray icon) 2. Edit the following registry entry: Key location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CNS\ Entry name: LockedProfiles Change the value of this entry to: <name of profile> Multiple profiles can be specified and must be separated by ';'. Example: Profile1;Profile2;Profile3 3. Start Mobile Net Switch When you select the profile specified in the "LockedProfiles" registry entry, the settings of the selected profile can not be changed;

If you want to lockdown the entire application please consider using the "User Mode" feature of Mobile Net Switch.

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User Mode Mobile Net Switch can be set to run in 'User Mode'. In this mode, the user is not allowed to change any settings in Mobile Net Switch. This feature can be enabled by an administrator to prevent a user from changing any preconfigured settings. To enable 'User Mode' use the following procedure: 1. Go to "Options" -> "Lock Settings" 2. Enter a password and click the OK button

3. The application will be restarted in 'User Mode';

'User Mode' activates the following rules inside Mobile Net Switch; - The settings frame is locked and hidden - The Details button is disabled - The Profiles, Mappings and Options menus are disabled To disable 'User Mode' use the following procedure: 1. Go to "Options" -> "Unlock Settings" 2. Enter a password and click the OK button

If you want to lockdown only a selected number of profiles please consider using the "Lock Profiles" feature of Mobile Net Switch.
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Global Settings Mode Mobile Net Switch can be set to run in 'Global Settings Mode'. In this mode, the program stores all information globally. All users on a system share one set of program settings. When this setting is not enabled (default), Mobile Net Switch stores it's settings per user in the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CNS\" registry entry. When 'Global Settings Mode' has been enabled, the settings are stored globally in the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CNS\" registry entry. To enable 'Global Settings Mode' use the following procedure: 1. Click on "Options" -> "Settings Mode" 2. Select the mode you would like to use and click the "Ok" button

3. Mobile Net Switch must be restarted for the change to be effective Please note: When using the 'Global Settings Mode', ensure all users (e.g. the local group Users) have the appropriate read and write permissions on the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CNS\" registry entry. When using 'Global Settings Mode', the location to enable User Mode and Hidden Mode and all other settings also change from HKEY_CURRENT_USER to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. You can configure one machine to use 'Global Settings Mode'. Then export the settings using the Options menu. This export can be used to configure all other machines you want to run Mobile Net Switch on. Before running Mobile Net Switch for the first time, ensure you have imported these settings first. This way, Mobile Net Switch will immediately start to use the Global Settings and will not first start with local settings.
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Hidden mode Mobile Net Switch can be set to run in 'Hidden Mode'. In this mode, the program runs silently without any screen output to the user. Because this feature disables the user interface of Mobile Net Switch, the program must be started with the /Profile: command line parameter. To enable 'Hidden Mode' use the following procedure: 1. Exit Mobile Net Switch (including the tray icon) 2. Edit the following registry entry (reg_sz): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CNS\HiddenMode Change the value of this entry to: 1 3. Start Mobile Net Switch using the /Profile: command line parameter, e.g. MNS.exe /Profile:Office When Mobile Net Switch is started with the /Profile: parameter and is configured to run in 'Hidden Mode' the following will occur: 1. Mobile Net Switch starts and activates the selected profile 2. The settings are applied and Mobile Net Switch is closed To disable 'Hidden Mode' use the following procedure: 1. Exit Mobile Net Switch (including the tray icon) 2. Change the value of the following registry entry: Key location: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CNS\ Entry name: HiddenMode Change the value of this entry to: 0
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Advanced registry configuration options Mobile Net Supports several advanced configuration options that can be configured by directly editing the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CNS" registry key.

Key name (REG_SZ) CustomDescription

Default value empty

Possible values This key allows you to enter a custom description that will be displayed in Mobile Net Switch. The following information is shown by default when the Details button has not been clicked (default): Select or configure your Mobile Net Switch profile The following information is shown by default when the Details button has been clicked: Select a profile and click the 'Activate profile' button Disables the specified tray bar menu's if set to True As of version 3.1, network connections that are configured to be disabled are disabled before the rest of the profile is activated. When this key is changed to False; specified network connections will be disabled at the end of the profile activation. See the Enabling the Browse button section for more information This settings allows you to specify Mobile Net Switch to run a script before all other tasks, when activating a profile. This settings specifies that the script specified in the "All-Profiles" -> "Execute before" section will be executed before all other tasks (e.g. enabling network cards) This settings allows you to specify Mobile Net Switch to run a script before all other tasks, when activating a profile. This settings specifies that the script specified in the "Selected-Profile" -> "Execute before" section will be executed before all other tasks (e.g. enabling network cards) See the Hidden Mode section of the manual See the Locking Profiles section of the manual The Network Card list will be retrieved from Windows when the Network tab is selected for the first time or when the first profile is activated. Because retrieving the Network Card list from Windows takes a couple of seconds (depending on the speed of your machine and the number of network connections) this is not done during program startup. Changing this registry key value to 1 will ensure the Network Card list is retrieved from Windows when Mobile Net Switch is started The Time Zone list is retrieved from Windows when the System tab page is selected for the

DisableLeftTrayBarMenu DisableRightTrayBarMenu DisableNetworkCardsFirst

False True

EnableBrowseButton ExecuteGlobalScriptBeforeAll

0 empty

ExecuteProfileScriptBeforeAll

empty

HiddenMode LockedProfiles LoadNICListAtStartup

0 empty 0

LoadTimeZoneListAtStartup

noNewDefaultPrinterNotify

True

StoreNICInfoAsConnName

True

first time or when a profile is activated for the first time. Changing this registry key value to 1 will ensure the Time Zone list is retrieved from Windows when Mobile Net Switch is started When the default printer is switched during profile activation and this option is set to False, Mobile Net Switch will notify all open applications. On some machines this process can take several seconds. Changing this registry key value to False will configure Mobile Net Switch to not notify open applications, which will speedup profile activation on those machines (True is the default value as of version 3.1) As of version 3.1, the network information is stored using the connection name ("Profilename\IP\Local Area Connection\) and not the network card ID. This greatly improves the possibility to export the configuration on one machine and use it on a completely different machine. To maintain compatibility with previous versions, Mobile Net Switch detects if settings from a pre 3.1 version is present on the system. When pre 3.1 configuration information is found, the registry value StoreNICInfoAsConnName will be set to False and the network card information will be stored using the network card ID. You need to restart Mobile Net Switch (and preferably re-create all profiles) if you manually edit this value See the User Mode section of the manual This registry key is located in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CNS\". For more information see the Global Settings Mode section of the manual When set to True, drive mappings will be persistent. Windows will try to restore the drive mappings after a restart. See the Preventing the Automatically detect settings function in the Internet Explorer section for more information Set to 1 and restart Mobile Net Switch to enable the LMHosts page. Set to 0 (default) and restart Mobile Net Switch to enable the Hosts page If set to True, Mobile Net Switch will ignore Windows Mobile-Based devices in the Network Connection list. (only for systems running ActiveSync 4 or higher)

UserMode UseGlobalSettings

0 0

UsePersistentDriveMappings

False

noIEResetToDefault

False

UseLMHOSTSfile

IgnoreWindowsMobileBasedDevices True