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Account Screen Capture Control Rules

This page explains each feature in the MonitorDog Admin’s Account Captuer Control Rules configuration section.

Screen Capture Control Settings define how MonitorDog responds when a screenshot or screen recording is attempted. You can choose the strictness of the response—logging the event only, locking the screen, or disabling detection entirely. You can also specify which capture methods to detect (OS keyboard shortcuts or screen-capture software) and manage the list of monitored applications.

Policies configured on this page are applied at the individual user level and take precedence over organization-wide settings. However, if the organization updates a policy for all users, the organization-level settings will override and be applied uniformly.

Q. What does it mean when user-level settings take priority?

A. Even if keyboard capture detection is enabled at the organization level, it will not be detected for a specific user if their individual settings have keyboard capture disabled. In this case, the user-level setting overrides the organization-wide configuration.

Screen Capture Control Mode​

Configure the policy to apply when a capture attempt is detected. There are four available modes, each determining whether logs are recorded and whether the screen is locked.

Detection Mode​

  • Log Only: When a capture attempt occurs, only the connection and capture logs are saved. The screen does not lock.
  • Auto Lock – Unlock By Admin: When a capture attempt occurs, the screen is automatically locked and a block notification is displayed. The blocked connection is recorded in the log, and the user can request an unlock from an administrator via the lock screen. The lock is released only after the administrator approves this request.
  • Auto Lock – Unlock By User: When a capture attempt occurs, the screen is automatically locked and a block notification is displayed. The blocked connection is recorded in the log, and the user can unlock it themselves at any time.
  • No Detection: Detection is disabled. All connections are allowed, no logs are saved, and the screen does not lock.

capture rule setting

You can also enable or disable each capture type. When disabled, the corresponding capture event will not be detected; when enabled, it will be monitored.

Capture Type​

  • Keyboard Shortcut : Detected when a user presses the operating system’s default screenshot or screen-recording shortcuts
  • Capture Tool : Detected when a screen capture or recording app is launched

Capture Control Programs​

This table lists the capture software registered by the MonitorDog system and by administrators. You can view the program names and icons, check whether detection is enabled, and toggle detection as needed.

capture program table