Managed IT Support

Your computers,
quietly looked after

IT Guardian puts a small agent on every PC and server you rely on, then watches the things that quietly go wrong — patches nobody installed, antivirus that switched itself off, a disk filling up, a machine running an operating system Microsoft stopped supporting. We see it in the portal, usually before you notice anything. And when you do need us, we can be on the screen in seconds.

Windows Updates
Antivirus Monitoring
Firewall Checks
Disk Space Alerts
Remote Desktop
Full Hardware Inventory
Software Audit
End-of-Support Warnings
Automatic Tickets
Portal Managed
Windows Updates
Antivirus Monitoring
Firewall Checks
Disk Space Alerts
Remote Desktop
Full Hardware Inventory
Software Audit
End-of-Support Warnings
Automatic Tickets
Portal Managed

The problems you
find out about too late

Most IT problems are not sudden. A disk fills up over months. Patches go uninstalled for a year. Antivirus gets switched off by a well-meaning user and nobody checks. IT Guardian watches for all of it continuously and raises it while it is still an inconvenience rather than a disaster.

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Antivirus & Firewall
We check whether protection is actually on — not just installed. Real-time scanning, tamper protection, how old the virus definitions are, whether anything has been detected, and whether the Windows Firewall is running on every network profile.
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Windows Updates
Every outstanding update, with security patches counted separately — because five missing security patches matters and five optional driver updates does not. We also spot the machines where Windows Update itself has quietly broken.
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Disk Space & Drive Health
Free space on every drive, with warnings before a full disk starts breaking updates and applications. Where the hardware reports it, we also pick up drives predicting their own failure — the one alert where waiting costs you data.
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End-of-Support Warnings
We know when each Windows version stops getting security updates, and tell you months ahead. A machine still running an unsupported build is not getting patched no matter how diligent you are — and it is the sort of thing that only surfaces during an insurance question or an audit.
EM8 PORTAL — IT GUARDIAN
Devices
14
Online
13
Alerts
3
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RECEPTION-PC
Windows 11 Pro · Defender on · fully patched
HEALTHY
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ACCOUNTS-02
6 security updates outstanding · restart pending 21 days
ATTENTION
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STORE-TILL
C: 4% free · Windows updates will start failing
CRITICAL
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Ticket raised automatically
Low disk space on STORE-TILL · engineer assigned
LOGGED

Everything on every machine,
without asking anyone

No spreadsheets, no walking round with a clipboard. The agent reports it all and keeps it current.

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Hardware

Make, model, serial number, processor, memory, graphics, BIOS version. Everything you need for a warranty claim or a replacement decision — without opening the machine.

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Operating System

Edition, version, build, architecture, install date, domain, and the date support ends. Plus who last signed in and how long since it was restarted.

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Installed Software

Every application, its version, publisher and install date — searchable across the estate. Useful for licensing, and for finding the one machine still running something it should not be.

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Security Posture

Disk encryption, TPM, Secure Boot, antivirus product and state, firewall, automatic updates. The questions an insurer or an auditor asks, answered from a page.

REMOTE SUPPORT — IT GUARDIAN
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Remote desktop
See and control the screen — no software for the user to install or read out
1 CLICK
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Background terminal & file transfer
Fix things without interrupting whoever is working
NO DISRUPTION
Install updates · restart · virus scan
Queued from the portal, run out of hours
SCHEDULED
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Every session recorded and logged
Who connected, when, why — visible to you, not just to us
AUDITED

On the machine
in seconds

No talking someone through downloading a support tool. No reading a nine-digit code down the phone. The agent is already there, so we connect from the portal and start fixing — or run the job in the background while your staff carry on working.

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Remote Desktop, Terminal & Files
Full screen control for walking someone through a problem, or a background terminal and file transfer for the jobs that do not need anyone watching.
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Jobs That Run Out of Hours
Install pending updates, restart a machine, run a virus scan, clear temporary files, restart a stuck service — queued from the portal and run when it suits you rather than mid-morning.
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Problems Become Tickets by Themselves
A serious alert raises a support ticket automatically, with the machine and the fault already attached. Nothing waits for someone to notice and report it.
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You Can See What We Did
Every remote session is recorded and logged against the device — who connected, when, and why — and that history is visible to you in the portal, not just to us. Access to your machines should be accountable.

Per machine.
Nothing hidden.

Set up in
a couple of minutes

One installer, one code. It works on a machine in the office or one at somebody's kitchen table — there is no network to configure and nothing to open on your firewall.

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Run the installer
Signed by EngineersM8 Ltd, so Windows recognises it rather than warning about an unknown publisher. Type in your enrolment code, or push it out silently across the whole office.
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The machine appears
Within a minute it is in the portal with its full specification, security status and outstanding updates already listed. Nothing else to configure.
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We start watching
Every machine checks in continuously and sends a full inventory several times a day. From then on, problems come to us rather than waiting for someone to report them.
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Works Anywhere
Office, home worker, a laptop in a van. The agent reaches out to us, so there is nothing to forward, no VPN, and no fixed IP needed.
DEVICE DETAIL — IT GUARDIAN
Antivirus
ON
Firewall
ON
Updates
3
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Lenovo ThinkPad · 16GB · Intel i5
Serial PF2C6ZQH · BIOS N2WET47W · warranty to Mar 2027
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Windows 11 Pro 24H2
Support ends Oct 2026 · last restarted 3 days ago
SUPPORTED
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BitLocker on · TPM present · Secure Boot on
Defender definitions updated 4 hours ago · no threats
SECURE
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C: 38% free · drive healthy
476GB total · 181GB available
OK

Businesses without
an IT department

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Small Offices

Five to fifty machines and nobody whose job it is to look after them. IT Guardian is the bit you are missing — someone watching, and someone to call, without hiring.

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Existing EM8 Customers

Already using us for CCTV, tracking or phones? Your computers appear in the same portal, on the same login, on the same bill. One supplier who already knows your sites.

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Anyone Facing an Audit

Cyber Essentials, an insurance renewal, a customer questionnaire. Patching, antivirus, firewall and encryption — evidenced per machine, from a page, rather than reconstructed from memory.

Free Download

The Small Business
IT Health Checklist

The fifteen things worth checking on every computer in your business — patching, antivirus, encryption, backups, end-of-support dates and the warning signs of a failing machine. Written for people who do not work in IT. Enter your details and we will send it straight to your inbox.

Tracking Guardian Compliance Checklist

Managed IT support,
answered

How much does IT Guardian cost?
IT Guardian is priced per device per month, with everything included — monitoring, inventory, update management, security checks, remote support and automatic ticketing. Tell us how many machines you have and we will quote you.
What exactly do you monitor?
Hardware specification and serial numbers, the Windows version and when its support ends, every installed application, outstanding Windows updates with security patches counted separately, antivirus state including how old the definitions are, the Windows Firewall, disk encryption, TPM and Secure Boot, free space and health on every drive, memory and processor load, and how long since the machine was restarted.
Can you see what I am working on?
Not without connecting, and every connection is recorded. The agent collects system information — specifications, updates, security settings, which applications are installed. It does not read your documents, your email or your browsing. When an engineer opens a remote session it is logged against that machine with who connected and when, and that history is visible to you in the portal.
Will it slow the computer down?
No. The agent is a small background service that checks in every few minutes and does a fuller inventory a handful of times a day. The heaviest thing it does is scan for Windows updates, which Windows does anyway.
Do I need to change anything on my network?
No. The agent reaches out to us, so there is nothing to open on your firewall, no VPN and no fixed IP address needed. It works the same on an office PC, a home worker's machine or a laptop on mobile data.
How is it installed?
One installer and an enrolment code. Run it on the machine and type the code, or push it out silently across the whole office in one go. The installer is code-signed by EngineersM8 Ltd, so Windows recognises it rather than warning about an unknown publisher. The machine appears in the portal within a minute.
Will you restart my machines without warning?
No. Anything disruptive — a restart, a shutdown, installing updates — has to be deliberately confirmed, and the person at the machine gets a sixty second on-screen warning before it happens. Most of that work is scheduled out of hours anyway.
What happens when something goes wrong?
Serious problems raise a support ticket automatically, with the machine and the fault already attached, and we pick it up. Less urgent things show as warnings in the portal so they can be dealt with at a sensible time rather than becoming an emergency.
Can I see all this myself?
Yes. Your computers appear on your IT Guardian page in the EM8 Portal — the same login as the rest of the EM8 platform — where you can see the health of every machine, what needs attention, and the full history of anything we have done.
What if I only have a few computers?
That is fine — it is priced per machine, so five costs a fifth of what twenty-five does. Small businesses are exactly who this is built for; the ones large enough to depend on their computers but not large enough to employ someone to look after them.

Find out what is actually on your computers

We will install the agent on a few machines and show you what comes back — the patching, the security gaps, the drive that is nearly full. No obligation, and you keep the report either way.