What the Administrator does
The UTS eXpress Enterprise Administrator builds the master configuration that every workstation will receive. It covers connection routing, screen layouts, keyboards, macros, printers, and the lock options that prevent end users from undoing centrally-managed settings.
Settings location and configuration lock
Each Windows system can store eXpress Enterprise settings either per user (default) or in a shared All Users profile. When you switch to All Users, enable the configuration lock so end users cannot modify the shared file. Emulator settings and eXpress Connect transport settings move between locations independently.
Defining the master configuration
- Define routes and virtual destinations in eXpress Connect (see the eXpress Connect Visual Configuration guide).
- Create one screen per role: terminal type, rows, columns, pages, palette, font, keyboard layout, and macro set.
- Assign Windows printers to UTS print devices on a per-screen basis.
- Configure trace folders and the default trace level appropriate for your support workflow.
- Set the Control Panel preferences your operators should see — dock side, auto-hide, screen color tags, transparency, and start-with-Windows.
Distribution
Once the master configuration is verified on a reference machine, package it for rollout. Two patterns are common: copy the configuration files into the All Users profile during installation and lock them, or push them through your software-distribution tool. Either way, end users should not have write access to the shared configuration directory.
Maintenance
- Hold an unlocked golden image on an admin workstation and re-export after each change.
- Use eXpress Connect Settings Location to compare per-user vs. all-users state when troubleshooting drift.
- When upgrading the emulator, uninstall the old version first to avoid leaving orphaned components — existing configuration files survive the uninstall.