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Been using this product since 02 an have yet to find anything that can beat it.
While I like SIW myself, if you look at the license you can't use it for free in a business environment. They sell technician and Business licenses. The use of the freeware product is strictly prohibited for non-personal use. In that respect, it's no better than Belarc.
Belarc is nice however it requires that you install it.
SIW.EXE (System Information for Windows) is a simple .exe that you can run from anywhere (USB, SHARE, etc) without any installation and can save as a html file.
http://www.gtopala.com/
SIW.EXE (System Information for Windows) is a simple .exe that you can run from anywhere (USB, SHARE, etc) without any installation and can save as a html file.
http://www.gtopala.com/
This is a nice tool, but I like SIW because it does not require an installation. I can run it from a flash drive on any computer. When I am finished with a specific computer, I don't have to uninstall the program. For IT work, this is useful.
The license says that you can only use this on one computer, you cannot electronicly distribute a copy, and it is for personal use only.
So it doesn't sound too useful in a business environment.
So it doesn't sound too useful in a business environment.
That's the first thing I thought about also. Maybe Techrepublic has an agreement to distribute it and allows use on a corporate network.
Maye the author of the article has something to say about it.
Maye the author of the article has something to say about it.
But don't be a mug and post your own license details (and other sensitive stuff such as IP addresses, user names etc) on the web.
see http://www.pcprofile.com/web_based_audits.htm
posting these details such as license numbers on the web is likely to be in violation of EULAs
I am sure the vendor Belarc will act to rectify this BUT given the porisity of the web it is now posted out there for all to see for some time to come. the tool is great its just that some stupid users have no idea about security, or are willingly giving away their license keys to flout software license rules.
The reports also include license keys for a wide range of other software installed when you examine each report plus other details of both commercial and private nature that are now being aired.
see http://www.pcprofile.com/web_based_audits.htm
posting these details such as license numbers on the web is likely to be in violation of EULAs
I am sure the vendor Belarc will act to rectify this BUT given the porisity of the web it is now posted out there for all to see for some time to come. the tool is great its just that some stupid users have no idea about security, or are willingly giving away their license keys to flout software license rules.
The reports also include license keys for a wide range of other software installed when you examine each report plus other details of both commercial and private nature that are now being aired.
I would not ever consider using a web server outside of our LAN.
Belarc's BelManage runs "internally" on our INTERNAL Intranet and that puts me in charge of it's security.
If your LAN and Intranet are secure, your audits are secure... and easy.
Belarc's BelManage runs "internally" on our INTERNAL Intranet and that puts me in charge of it's security.
If your LAN and Intranet are secure, your audits are secure... and easy.
But don't be a mug and post your own license details (and other sensitive stuff such as IP addresses, user names etc) on the web.
see http://www.pcprofile.com/web_based_audits.htm
posting these details such as license numbers on the web is likely to be in violation of EULAs
I am sure the vendor Belarc will act to rectify this BUT given the porisity of the web it is now posted out there for all to see for some time to come. the tool is great its just that some stupid users have no idea about security, or are willingly giving away their license keys to flout software license rules.
The reports also include license keys for a wide range of other software installed when you examine each report plus other details of both commercial and private nature that are now being aired.
see http://www.pcprofile.com/web_based_audits.htm
posting these details such as license numbers on the web is likely to be in violation of EULAs
I am sure the vendor Belarc will act to rectify this BUT given the porisity of the web it is now posted out there for all to see for some time to come. the tool is great its just that some stupid users have no idea about security, or are willingly giving away their license keys to flout software license rules.
The reports also include license keys for a wide range of other software installed when you examine each report plus other details of both commercial and private nature that are now being aired.
The Belarc Advisor reports are not posted to the Web. The product only creates a series of html pages on the local system being scanned.
.... who posted their results for all to see!
Google for "Belarc Advisor Current Profile? and there are over 20,000 sites listed in some form or another!
End user snafu I'd say!
Google for "Belarc Advisor Current Profile? and there are over 20,000 sites listed in some form or another!
End user snafu I'd say!
From where does Belarc read the machine values
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