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# Tasks

Section **Tasks** contains operations performed directly on the selected computers.

| Action             | Operation                                                                                                                                   |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Restart**        | Causes the selected computers to restart.                                                                                                   |
| **Shut down**      | Causes the selected computers to shut down.                                                                                                 |
| **Restart eAgent** | Restarts the eAgent service on the selected devices.                                                                                        |
| **Stop eAgent**    | Stops the eAgent service on the selected devices.                                                                                           |
| **Rescan**         | Forces the computer to be rescanned to collect current information about the installed software, operating system, and hardware components. |

#### Restarting and shutting down computers

Before using the action **Restart** or **Shut down** make sure users have finished their work and saved open files.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Restarting or shutting down a computer may result in the loss of unsaved user data.
{% endhint %}

#### Restarting eAgent

Action **Restart eAgent** restarts the eAgent service without restarting the entire computer.

It can be used, among other cases, when eAgent is not working properly.

#### Stopping eAgent

Action **Stop eAgent** stops the service on the selected computer.

{% hint style="danger" %}
After eAgent is stopped, the system will lose the ability to communicate with and remotely manage the device. Restoring the connection requires the service to be started locally by a user with administrator privileges.

The eAgent service starts automatically by default when the operating system starts, unless its configuration has been changed locally.
{% endhint %}


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