Common Issues

Gold Finger Common Issues

1. How do I install my Gold Finger license?

   To install your Gold Finger license, please follow these steps in the order specified -

   1. Launch Gold Finger, then click your mouse anywhere in Gold Finger, and then press Alt-I (as in I for Installation.)
   2. Next, close Gold Finger, and then drop (paste) your GFLic.dll license file in the opened installation folder.
   3. Finally, simply launch (restart) Gold Finger again and your license should be installed and ready for use.



2. How do I generate a report in Gold Finger? I cannot seem to find the Run button.

   The Run button, also known as the Gold Finger button, is the big white button with the golden hand/finger made on it. It is to the right of the Reports pane. To generate a report, you must first select a report and then click the Gold Finger button.




3. How do I specify the scope for a report? I cannot seem to locate the Scope field.

   The Scope field is at the bottom right-hand side of the Reports pane. When you first start Gold Finger, to make it visible, you must first select a report by clicking on a(ny) report in the Reports pane.




4. How do I access the inbuilt search utility? I cannot seem to find it.

   To access and launch the inbuilt search utility, click the Search button, which is to the immediate right of the Scope field.




5. How do I export the results of a report to a CSV file?

   To export the results of a report to a file, first generate the report, and then click the CSV button, which is located at the bottom right hand corner of the Gold Finger application.




6. How do I target a specific domain controller?

   To target a specific domain controller (DC), select Basic Options from the Options menu in the Gold Finger application menu, then check the Target a Specific DC check-box, and enter the NetBIOS name of your domain controller in the provided text-box.

   For instance, if your DC's DNS name is dc1.root.local, enter dc1. You only need to enter the NetBIOS name, not the full DNS name.




7. Why is the Gold Finger button not getting enabled?

   The Gold Finger button is automatically enabled when all the prerequisites required to generate a particular report/assessment have been specified.

   The only instance in which the button may not be enabled is if you are using one of the basic tools, and you just changed the tool selection from an advanced tool, wherein the Single-User mode had been activated.

   By way of reference, the three advanced tools are - Active Directory Effective Permissions Calculator,  Active Directory Effective Access Auditor and Active Directory Privileged Access Assessor.

   In the above scenario, switching back to an advanced tool, then putting Gold Finger back in Standard mode, then switching back to the basic tool, should result in the Gold Finger button being enabled as expected.