Running Identity Finder on Windows

The TTS Identity Finder package that has been installed on your computer comes preconfigured with all of the proper settings to scan your computer. The following walk through provides an overview of the steps involved when scanning your computer and managing the scan results.

Please read through the guide before scanning your computer, and if you have issues, do not hesitate to contact your FSP or Support Provider.

Watch out video walkthrough or follow the steps below.

 

Launch Identity Finder

Launch Identity Finder via the icon located on your desktop (if the icon is not on your desktop you can find it by clicking the Start button, All Programs, Identity Finder folder, Identity Finder) :

Create a Profile

If this is the first time you've launched Identity Finder, you will be prompted to create a Profile. A profile saves the scan settings, and more importantly, tracks the files that you will wish to 'ignore' when performing future scans.

Profiles may contain sensitive information and are stored in an encrypted format. Please choose a strong password to encrypt this data. The password selected should not be the same as your LDAP or Active Directory password.

Click the 'Start' Button

Because everything has been preconfigured for you, you don't have to change any of the scan settings. Just click Start and wait for the process to complete.

Because the software will open every file on your computer the scan can take a few hours to finish. The more files you have, the longer a scan will take. Please see the "Before Scanning" section above to prepare you computer. The software is polite while scanning and will not consume all of your system resources. Like anti-virus software, it can continue to run in the background while you use your computer.