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1. How do I get Google's Chrome to work in MetriQ?
   Google's Chrome browse using a sandboxing technology which is not currently compatible with ThinApp (which also provides sandboxing) http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/sandbox You found you can disable Chrome's sandboxing mechanism using "--no-sandbox" command-line parameter and ...
2. Opening your browser at a specific web page
   If you want to add a browser Icon to MetriQ (such as Firefox, IE8, Chrome or Oprah) that points to a specific web page, then we suggest the following: 1. Add your favourite browser to a blue user folder. 2. Right click the browser icon, and choose Properties. This will open the Icon's property s ...
3. Applications fail to time in Vista with UAC off
   MetriQ is an elevated application requiring administrator rights to run. When you first log into Windows Vista, you log in as a non-administrator and only when administrator rights are required to run an application does the correct Vista prompt come up. It's only at this point if you are an adm ...
4. How do I delete an icon from a user folder if it has passed the cool-off period?
   Once an icon has passed cool-off it cannot ordinarily be removed from its containing User Folder. However, if you wish to delete an Icon that has passed cool-off, simply right click the icon, and from the context menu choose Manual Update. When the manual update screen opens, press Delete All (r ...
5. Is it possible to transfer total time from one icon to another?
   Yes. You have 2 ways of doing this. 1. Select an icon, and right click to bring up the context menu. Choose Cut Timing Data. Now locate your destination Icon. Again right click your mouse and from the context menu, choose Paste Icon Time. 2. Exactly the same as above, except you Cut/Paste the Ic ...
6. How do I get MetriQ to time when I am away from the office
   If you want to time an icon (say a timed event) while you are away from the office, and you also want you workstation to be locked down and secure then do the following: 1. Start your timed event, and make it persistent. 2. Press the WinKey+L at the same time. Windows will log you out. 3. When y ...
7. How do I delete the timing data for an icon?
   Select the icon that you wish to reset. Right click your mouse while over the icon. From the popup context menu choose Manual Update. When the Manual Update window opens, press the Reset button. To save these changes press Okay. MetriQ Home MetriQ Online Training Videos Hands-Free Timsheet s ...
8. Can I activate 2 Timing Agents at the same time?
   No. Because MetriQ is Sarbanes-Oxley compliant, 2 Timing Agents are not allowed to run simultaneously. Workaround: You can use the Manual Update facility to increase the amount of time seen by an icon. Note: Time recorded this way is logged as Manual Update in the final reports. You can also us ...
9. Can an icon name be changed once time is allocated to it?
   Yes. Simply right click your mouse over the Icon you wish to change. From the context menu choose Properties. Icon Name is the first field. MetriQ Home MetriQ Online Training Videos Hands-Free Timesheet solutions for busy people everywhere!
10. Why is the Billable checkbox greyed out on the Icon Property Sheet?
    When an User Folder (by way of its property sheet) is made non-billable, ALL icons it contains will automatically be made non-billable. This cannot be changed at the Icon level using the icon property sheet. All icons added to this User Folder will also be non-billable. However when a User Fol ...
11. What is the limit to the number of packages I can add to MetriQ?
    The Active Desktop is where you add and delete your software packages and documents. The active desktop itself is a virtual space with horizontal and vertical scroll bars, into which you can add, by dragging and dropping, from explorer, the windows task bar or the windows desktop, any number of ...
12. Is it possible to transfer total time from one icon to another?
    Yes. You have 2 ways of doing this. 1. Select an icon, and right click to bring up the context menu. Choose Cut Timing Data. Now locate your destination Icon. Again right click your mouse and from the context menu, choose Paste Icon Time. 2. Exactly the same as above, except you Cut/Paste the Ic ...
13. How do use Working Directory in the Icon Property sheet?
    To use Working Directory to allow you to navigate quickly to a particular folder for an application (File>Open), first specify the name of the folder in the Icon Property sheet. (To open the Property Sheet, right click an icon, and choose Properties). Enter the working directory you would lik ...