# Chapter 2 System Management

1. Login

Ø User Login

(1). After the program is installed on the server, a user can double-click the program icon on the desktop to access the system login interface.

(2). As soon as the user completes program installation on the server, other computers can access this server through network to user this system.

(3). Open the browser, enter the server IP address and port number in the address bar and click Enter to access the system login interface.

To use the system on a server, choose Program > ZKTime Web > ZKTime Web Server Controller and start the service, and then double-click the shortcut icon of ZKTime Web Home Page on the desktop. The system login interface pops up.

?Note: In Windows 7/Vista, right-click ZKTime Web Server Controller and choose Run as administrator from the shortcut menu.

(4) When you enter the system, authentication is required to guarantee system security. A superuser (with all operation permissions) is provided for a user using this system for the first time. Enter the username and password, and click Login to access the system home interface.

?Note: The username and password of the superuser are both admin. After the user logs in to the system for the first time, in order to guarantee system security, use the change password function to change this password.

This superuser is able to assign new users (such as company management personnel, registrars and statistics clerks) for the employees inside the company and configure corresponding user roles. For specific operations, please refer to 6.1.2 "User Management."

(5). After the user logs in, the system displays the main interface, as shown in the figure below.

On the main interface, five menu panels are displayed: Personnel, Device, Search, Attendance, and Attendance Report. Click a related following function below any panel to quickly access the corresponding interface.

2. Logout

Click the logout button on top-right of the interface to return to the system login interface, or close the browser directly to log out of the system completely.

After logout, stop the service in ZKTime Web Server Controller and quit the service counter.

3. Preferences

Click the setting button to access the Settings interface. Enter corresponding information, select system language and click OK to complete setting.

4. System Manual

This is the system help file. Click to view the system help file.

5. Change Password

A superuser or new users created by the superuser change their passwords (the default password of new users is 111111) to guarantee safe system operation. Click the change password icon and the Modify Password interface pops up. Enter the old password, new password, enter the new password again, and click OK to complete change.