The PREDATOR Administration program is located in Start Menu / All Programs / Predator / Predator Admin.
- You must quit PREDATOR before running this program.
Administrator privileges are required, so Windows opens the User Access Control dialog if this feature is enabled on your computer:

Click the Yes button to obtain the administrative rights.
Then the PREDATOR Administration window is loaded:

User administration
Name
You can reset the PREDATOR password of a user if he has forgotten it: just select the user whose password will be reset in the this dropdown list and click the "Reset Password" button. When this user will run PREDATOR, he will be prompted for a new password.
Reset Password button
Click this button to reset the PREDATOR password of the user selected in the "Name" dropdown list.
Reset Settings button
This button restores all settings of the selected user to their default values, including his schedule, clears his password and revokes all his keys.
When this user will run PREDATOR, he will be prompted to enter a new password and to register a new key.
Import Settings button
Click this button to select the settings file which will replace the selected user's settings.
See How to copy the settings of a user to another for more information.
Export Settings button
Click this button to select the file into which the selected user's settings will be saved.
See How to copy the settings of a user to another for more information.
Reset Schedule button
This button restores the schedule of the selected user to its default values, leaving all other settings unchanged.
Import Schedule button
Click this button to select the schedule file which will replace the selected user's schedule.
See How to copy the schedule of a user to another for more information.
Export Schedule button
Click this button to select the file into which the selected user's schedule will be saved.
See How to copy the schedule of a user to another for more information.
Safe Mode shield administration
Enable Safe Mode shield
Important: This feature may lock you out from your computer if used incorrectly.
Read the Safe Mode Protection help topic before enabling this feature.
Passkey administration
Passkeys are used to facilitate the setup of PREDATOR: when passkeys are enabled, any unregistered USB flash drive which has been initialized with the Key Manager will be automatically registered as a new PREDATOR key.
To enable passkeys on your computer:
- Choose a password and enter it in the "Passkey ID" field. Passkeys will be accepted by this computer only if their ID matches this password.
- Enter the ending date of the automatic registration period in the "End date" field. After this date, passkeys will no longer be accepted.
- Click the "Update" button
To disable passkeys on your computer:
- Delete the "Passkey ID" field
- Click the "Update" button
Show ID
Check this option to display the Passkey ID text, which is hidden by default.
Passkey ID
Enter a password in this field. It must match the password that has been entered in the "Passkey ID" of the Key Manager when the passkeys were created.
Read the Key Manager help topic for more information.
End date
Enter an expiration date in this field. After this date, your passkeys will no longer register automatically.
Update button
Click this button to save the passkey information.
Service administration
Status
This field shows the status of the PREDATOR Access Control Manager service
Start ACM button
If you get an error message saying that the Predator ACM service is not responding when you try to start PREDATOR, then verify the "Service Status". If it is stopped, click this button.
Stop ACM button
Click this button if you need to stop the Predator ACM service for performing maintenance tasks on your computer.