Operating System Instrumentation Agent Configuration

The OS instrumentation agent uses multiple configuration files - all of which are described below. The only file that should need to be edited is server.cfg. This file specifies the IP address at which the TCP packet relay process is running. Note that the OS agent needs to connect to the packet relay, so this IP address needs to be accessible from the Windows 2000 setup.


server.cfg

This file specifies the IP and port at which the TCP packet relay is running. The OS instrumentation agent needs to connect to the relay for the whole framework to operate correctly.

actions.cfg

This file defines user interface commands such as left-click or type in terms of low-level Windows messages.

extendedkeys.cfg

This file lists the virtual keycodes of the keyboard keys that are defined as "extended keys" by the Windows 2000 operating system.

messages.cfg

This file lists the numeric IDs of standard Windows messages.

virtualkeys.cfg

This file lists the virtual keycodes of all the standard keys on the keyboard.

classes_to_ignore.txt, windows_to_ignore.txt

A typical running Windows 2000 setup has many windows which are present only for aesthetic reasons. These windows can be safely ignored without losing any user interface functionality. The above two files list windows to be ignored interms of their class names, or in terms of their window names.