Desktop Orbiter is a centralized solution, and it requires two programs to work: the Control Center, from where to manage and protect other machines, to be installed on the administrator's system; and the Satellite, which processes data from the Control Center, to be installed on each client machine.

Yes. Desktop Orbiter's communication technology allows multiple control centers to be installed securely, as long as they share the same license key.

Yes. Desktop Orbiter 6.1 (and higher) is Windows Vista compatible.

No. Just when you need to send or retrieve data, and for configuration purposes. Satellites are mostly autonomous.

No. Both servers (control centers) and clients (satellites) can be installed on workstations and/or servers.

Desktop Orbiter should find automatically satellites present on your network. But depending on your network complexity you may need to add satellites manually. Check the new Satellite Wizard.

Yes. Try the Wizard to find satellites.

Yes. Just make sure that you leave the <unchanged> mark on all the restrictions, except for the one you want to activate.

Check the firewall. It may be blocking access from the satellite to the control center, and/or from the control center to the satellite. The following port range (default) should be opened: 51051-51053.

The evaluation version is limited to 10 satellites. But you can purchase a license based on the number of computers that you have.

Satellites need to intercept DNS calls in order to make Web Filters work. If you don't want to use web filtering, open the Control Center and disable Web Filters from the Advanced tab and your original DNS settings will be restored.

No, you will not have to do anything special. Upgrading is trouble-free. We will send you a new license key with the total number of licenses. If you had 10 and bought 10 more, your new license will allow you to manage 20 satellites. Desktop Orbiter will recognize old satellites and accept new ones.