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by qhcomputingny

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Hello,

I am looking for a piece of software from Microsoft (it exists according to my manager) which will allow me to scan our network and get an inventory of all the hardware and software on the client and server machines. Does anyone know what it's called, where it can be found?, or if it even exists at all. I have found other companies but my manager insists that Micorosft has a *free* tool or at least a *demo* that will allow you to do this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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by thechas

There are 2 different tools from Microsoft that I am aware of.

The program that works over a network is the Software Inventory Analyser.

http://tinyurl.com/oevn

It is limited in that it ONLY logs Microsoft software, and not all hardware and software.

You can also download the utilities that Microsoft uses when helping trouble-shoot PC problems.

http://tinyurl.com/an6z

These tools creates a list of hardware and software for the PC it is run on.

Here are some links that may provide a better network solution for you:

http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php

http://www.alliedhr.com/index.html

http://www.blueocean.com/default.asp

http://www.ezaudit.net/

http://www.iinventory.com/page.asp?w=33&Ref=6

http://www.emco.is/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/winfingerprint/

Remove any spaces from the pasted links.

Chas

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