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Software to view system configurations?

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by ajcanal

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I have a project to upgrade a network from NT4 to W2K. There are at least 20 client machines running a variety of Windows versions including Win98, Win NT 4 Client, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. My plan is to use W2K Server on the servers and WinXP Pro on all clients.

Are there any programs available (at a reasonable Price - under $200) that I can use to check each client machine for compatibility with XP? In other words, I would like to quickly determine each machine's cpu, ram, video adapters, modems, etc.. to se which machines need to be completely replaced.

Thanks

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by xpertdragon

If you do not mind a visitation to each workstation, Belarc offers a free quick audit download that will give you hardware and software configurations for each machine......they also have other auditing solutions I believe at their web site.

www.belarc.com
(Just click on "Free Download")

If you wanted to get information from at least 50+ workstations/servers, I would have recommended other software.

Paul M. Chavez

by bazz00

If you boot the workstation and then run the XP cd it will actually test your system for compaitability and conflicts. It provides you with a list of any system requirements that are not met or components and driver updates that are necessary before upgrade. It allows you to also print this list out and won't cost you anything.

Hope this helps

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