Options

Description

Edit Credentials

Click Edit Credentials to edit an existing credential.

Add Credentials

Click Add Credentials to add a new set of administrator credentials that PDQ Inventory may use for scans and managing computers.

Credential definitions include the domain, username, and password. You may optionally provide a description to help you identify the credentials.

Note: PDQ Inventory can use both local and domain administrator accounts. Credentials are considered to be local if they have no domain or if they have a domain that starts with a period (.). When local administrator credentials are used, the target computer name is added to the user name.

For a demonstration of managing credentials in PDQ Inventory, see the following video.

VIDEO: Adding and Using Multiple Credentials in PDQ Inventory

(https://www.pdq.com/videos/#!adding-and-using-multiple-credentials-in-pdq-inventory)

Test Credentials

Click Test Credentials in the Add Credentials dialog to validate the current username and password.

If the username and password belong to a local account, PDQ Inventory asks you to provide a computer name on which to test the credentials.

If the account is in the same domain as the currently logged on user or it is in a domain to which the currently logged on user has administrative rights, PDQ Inventory validates the username and password in Active Directory.

If the account is in a domain that isn’t accessible from the computer where PDQ Inventory is running or if the credentials belong to a local administrator account on another computer, you are prompted for the name of the computer to use to verify the username and password.

IMPORTANT: The Test Credentials option tests only the username and password. It does not verify if the user account has administrator privileges.

Set Default

Designates the selected account as the default set of credentials.

The default credentials are used for scans when no other credentials are specified.

Remove Credentials

Click Remove Credentials to remove the selected user name from the PDQ Inventory Credentials list.

NOTE: The default credentials cannot be removed. You must first designate another set of credentials as the default. If there is only one credentials set, it cannot be deleted.