You don’t have to carve time out of your busy
schedule to call the Decatur County REMC office to change your
password or to check your account information.
Save time and gain control over important account
settings with the AdminTool! With this easy to use Web tool, you can
make the changes you need to your account, set Spam filtering, and
have your changes take effect immediately—no waiting.
Follow the quick and easy instructions in this
handy reference to get started.
Type ( or click here)
admintool.decaturwb.com into the address bar
of your Web browser and press the Enter key on your keyboard.
The illustration below uses the address for admintool.trueband.net
Enter your User Name and Password in the
appropriate fields on the login page and click the Log In button
(Figure 2). Your User Name is the same as your Login Id.
Note: User Name
and Password are case-sensitive. Please make sure that you enter the
User Name and Password exactly as when the account was created (or
last modified).
Note: If you have
lost your Password, please call the Decatur County REMC office during
normal business hours (8AM to 5PM).
After successful login, the AdminTool homepage appears
Menu items are listed on the left of the screen
To provide added security, the AdminTool returns to
the login page if you have not worked in the tool for two hours. When
you try to work
in the AdminTool after having left it for two hours, you
will receive the message that the session “has timed out” (Figure 3).
To work in the application further, the user must login again.
The AdminTool provides two ways to logoff: leave
the system or return to the Login prompt.
To leave the AdminTool, select the “X” in the
upper-right of your Web browser.
To return to the Login prompt (Figure 2), select
Logout from the menu on the left of the screen
Select Change
Password from the menu to access the Change Password screen
Your current password appears in the field. To
change your password:
Enter a new password into the Change my password to
field
Enter the same new password in the Password Verify
field
At the Change
Settings – Verify screen , make sure the password is
correct.
If you need to edit your changes, select Change
Password from the menu on the left.
To accept your new password, click the Make
Changes button. The Change Settings – Create screen
will appear
We know how distracting it can be to have annoying
Web advertisements pop up while you are surfing the Internet.
As your local REMC, we want to help you have a
quality Internet experience by reducing annoyances like pop-up and
pop-under advertisements.
Our robust pop-up stopping software provides
advanced ad-blocking technology:
Block pop-up and pop-under ads, including X10 and Casino
windows
Allow pop-up windows from sites YOU choose
Preserve bandwidth by stopping pop-ups before they load!
View the number of pop-ups blocked, and from which site!
Play a sound when a pop-up is blocked
Take advantage of this great service by downloading
the software and follow the simple directions to install it on your
computer.
To download the pop-up stopper, select Pop-up
Stopper from the menu of the left of the screen.
Read the directions on the Pop-up Stopper
screen before clicking the Download button to begin the download
process .
Note: The Pop-up
Stopper is available only for
Windows Internet Explorer.
Figure 9
Depending on the operating system you have
installed on your computer, you may receive a message like the one below
.
Click the option to Save the program to your
computer.
Logout of the AdminTool and close all programs,
including your Internet connection, to install the program.
When download is complete, close all other
applications and double-click the Pop-Up Stopper setup icon, or, select
Run from the Start menu, browse to the desktop, and select
popupstopper.
Follow installation instructions .
When installation is complete, the Pop-Up Stopper
Setup Wizard opens. Follow the setup wizard instructions
Provide your e-mail address to receive the
activation code .
After providing your e-mail address, the
registration code will be e-mailed to you.
Enter the registration code in the fields provided
and click Next to complete setup.
When setup is complete, a Web browser automatically
opens to a “Welcome to Pop-Up Stopper” Web page. This page answers
questions about using Pop-Up Stopper .
When installation is complete, the Pop-up Stopper
tool bar should appear on your browser .
If the tool bar does not appear, place your mouse
in a gray area of the Web browser and right click to reveal the selected
tool bars. Make sure the tool bar for “Panicware Pop-Up Stopper” is
selected.
Respond to e-mail
automatically, even when you’re not available! The Auto-reply feature
is especially useful when you are on vacation or unable to access e-mail
for a long period of time.
When E-mail Auto-Reply is on, your auto-reply
message will be sent automatically to anyone who e-mails you.
To insert an Auto-reply message,
Log on to the
AdminTool
Select E-mail Auto-Reply from the menu on the left
side of the screen
Default text is provided in the field . If you
want to change it, enter your message in the field.
To turn Auto-reply on, select the “On” radial
button
Click the Next button
Verify that Auto-reply is on by reviewing the settings on
the Change Settings - Verify screen
If settings are correct, click the Make Changes
button
If settings are incorrect, click E-mail Auto-Reply
on the menu to make the desired changes.
Your Decatur County REMC supports Microsoft
FrontPage (98 and 2000) for making personal Web pages. To set FrontPage
Access, select FrontPage Extensions from the menu on the left of
the screen to access FrontPage Extensions screen .
Activating FrontPage Access will use approximately
3.5 megabytes (MBs) of your Web page space allotment.
To activate FrontPage access,
Select “On” from the dropdown menu
Click the Next button
Verify settings by reviewing the Change Settings –
Create screen .
You may decide to forward the e-mail you receive
from this account to another account so that all of your e-mail comes to
one centralized location. To forward e-mail from this account to other
e-mail accounts, select Forward E-mails from the menu on the left
of the screen to access the Forward E-mails screen (Figure 19).
To forward your e-mail to multiple accounts;
separate each e-mail addresses with a semicolon (;).
To forward your e-mail to other accounts:
Enter the e-mail addresses to which you would like your
e-mail forwarded in the field.
Click the Next button
If settings are correct, click the Make Changes
button
If settings are incorrect, click Forward E-mails on
the menu to make the desired changes.
From the AdminTool, you can delete e-mail that has
accumulated in your e-mail in-box. This powerful feature can save you
time—if
you know that you don’t want to save any of the e-mail that has
piled up in your account.
Be careful—there is no retrieval function.
To delete accumulated
e-mail,
Select the Usage/Settings menu item from the left
of the screen
From the Usage/Settings screen, scroll to the Usage
section and select the amount of e-mail you would like to delete from
the dropdown menu .
Click the Delete E-mails button
Note: Once you
delete e-mail, you cannot recover it!
Before accepting the
deletion, check on the message prompt whether the amount of e-mail to
delete displays in the prompt. In the example below, the amount of
accumulated e-mail the user has selected to delete is “All.” To accept
and delete the e-mail, click OK. To cancel the deletion and keep
the e-mail, click Cancel.
After processing the deletion request, the
AdminTool returns the user to the Usage/Settings screen.
On occasion, it is a good idea to review your
account information, usage, and settings to make certain that all
information is current.
To do so, select the Usage/Settings menu
option from the left of the screen .
Review the following
areas of the Usages/Settings screen and follow the instructions provided
if changes are required:
|
User Name and Password |
If you would like to change your password,
please refer to the Change Your Password section of this
guide. |
|
Address |
If the recorded address is different from you
current one, please call the Decatur County REMC office to update
your account. |
|
Telephone |
If the recorded telephone number is different
from you current one, please call the Decatur County REMC office to
update your account. |
|
E-mail Access |
To increase the size of your e-mail box,
please call the Decatur County REMC office. Charges may apply.
To set Spam filtering, refer to the guide
Spam Filtering from Your ISP.
To set auto-reply, please refer to Set
Auto-Reply in this guide. |
|
Web page Access |
To increase your Web space, please call the
Decatur County REMC office. Charges may apply.
To use FrontPage to create your personal Web
page, turn FrontPage Access On. To do so, refer to Set
FrontPage Access in this guide.
To use Site Creator templates to create your
Web page, call the Decatur County REMC office. Charges may apply. |
|
Usage |
Check mailbox size. If you are near capacity
for e-mail space, you may need to delete accumulated e-mail. See
Delete Accumulated E-mail in this guide.
To increase your Web space, please call the
Decatur County REMC office. Charges may apply.
Check usage for the last three months. This
report provides a summary of your online activity, including the
number of times you have logged on, hours spent online, and amount
of material transferred within the month. |
Keep a copy of your
account information for your records:
Print: Click the Print button in the upper right of the
screen. Follow the directions for printing to your printer.
E-mail: Click the E-mail button in the upper right of the
screen to access the View User – User Data Listing screen.
Enter the address to which you want to e-mail your account
information. Enter any comments in the Comments field.
To send, click
the E-mail Subscriber Data button.
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