Options

There are several options available for customizing Xythos Drive. The optional parameters apply across all Xythos Drive services. You may edit these settings on the Options tab.

Status Monitor Settings

When Xythos Drive begins transferring a file, or requesting data from a server, a message appears in the Status Monitor. For file transfers or other requests that take over three seconds, the Status Monitor is displayed to notify you of the activity. To control when the Status Monitor is displayed, go to the Options tab, under Status Monitor Settings, select one of the following:

Show on errors only	The Status Monitor appears if Xythos Drive is unable to connect to a service.
Show when necessary	The Status Monitor appears when Xythos Drive is waiting for a file to be uploaded or downloaded.
Show always	The Status Monitor appears whnever any activity on a service connection takes longer than 30 seconds.

Miscellaneous Settings

Open Explorer window after connection

If you select this option, a Windows Explorer window will open whenever you manually connect to a service. This setting doe not apply to services that are connected automatically when Xythos Drive starts. By default, this option is selected.

Cache Settings

The cache is the area of your local hard disk that Xythos Drive uses to save copies of recently used files and folders. Keeping this information in the cache ensures faster access by eliminating the need to retrieve the file or folder from the server on subsequent usage. And, because these files are in the cache, they may be available offline whether they have been selected for offline access or not.

Cache size	If the cache size is too small, Xythos Drive spends time deleting old files to make room for newly accessed files. For best performance the Cache size should be no less than the total size of all the account files you regularly access. The default is 64.
Clear cached files upon disconnect	When this option is selected, the files from a drive that are in the cache are cleared when that drive is disconnected.
Clear Cached Files	When you click this button, all cached files are deleted, forcing Xythos on Demand Drive to download files from your account the next time you access them. If other users edit a file this feature ensures you access the most recent version, possibly with other users' changes. However, performance will be temporarily reduced.
Refresh	When you click Refresh, the next time you open a folder Xythos Drive will obtain the folder listing from the server rather than from the cache, ensuring you are working with the most up-to-date folder information.

ZoneAlarm Configuration

If you are using ZoneAlarm you will need to do some additional configuration in order to allow Xythos Drive to properly work with this firewall.

Normally, ZoneAlarm blocks low-level access to remote servers. Therefore, in order for Xythos Drive to access a server, you must add it to the list of permitted servers in ZoneAlarm.

1. On the ZoneAlarm main window, select the Security tab.
2. Click the Advanced button. For ZoneAlarm Pro users, select the LocalZone Contents tab.
3. Click the Add button, and select Host/Site.
4. Enter a description and the host name of the server you want to access with Xythos Drive. For example, if you wanted to access Sharemation you would enter www.sharemation.com as a host name

To enable access to a server on your LAN, you may select the "IP Address" option and enter the server's IP address, for example 192.168.0.1.