EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.4.1

EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.4.1 provides powerful tools that help you get up-to-date information about hardware and software working on computers in your network. By using EMCO Network Inventory you can get detailed hardware, software inventory and licensing information from remote PCs within seconds. Powerful reporting module helps you save a lot of time for preparing asset audit reports.

Why EMCO Network Inventory?

• Chosen by industry leaders, small business, government, non-profit organizations and educational institutions, EMCO Network Inventory is one of the most popular audit tools on the market serving more then 1 million desktops all over the world. Why do our customers choose this product? What makes it unique?
• Collecting information from remote PCs without having to install clients on them. Scan of every PC takes just a few seconds and runs invisibly for the user.
• No special requirements for software or network configuration - you can run it from any PC with network administrator's credentials.
• Wide and detailed scope of information extracted from remote computers. It includes hundreds of parameters - everything required for inventorying: from OS version, processor and memory information to list of installed fonts and system uptime.
• Intuitive data representation, which helps you navigate through collected data. Easy-to-use interface allows you to get results with just a few mouse clicks.
• Powerful reporting and exporting tools make asset report creation effortless - you just need to select what information and what computers to include.

Major Features:

1. Software Inventory: Essentials for Effective Software Asset Management
   
   • Basic OS information: name, version, installation date, service pack and hotfixes.
   • System and environment settings: services, running processes, shares, startup commands, and scheduled tasks.
   • List of installed applications, including: name, version, publisher, installation path and installation date.
   • Aggregated software audit information for entire network: total number of installations for every OS and application, and the list of PCs they are installed on.
   • Software license summary for entire network: total number of available, used and required licenses for every application.
   • Changes between scans: list of freshly installed and uninstalled applications.
   • Custom scan results, useful for detecting specific applications: existence of a particular file, registry entry or service.
2. Hardware Inventory: Detailed Remote PC Audit
   
   • Basic information: processor, motherboard, graphic card, hard drive, CD/DVD drive and network card.
   • Extended information (if available): manufacturer, model name, serial number and manufacturing date.
   • Settings and parameters depending on the hardware type: number of memory banks, maximum and installed memory capacity, total and free space on the hard drive, MAC address, graphics resolution, etc.
   • Aggregated hardware inventory summary for entire network: total quantities of each hardware type, list of PCs where it is used.
   • Query reports with custom conditions: for example, PCs with 1 GB of memory, PCs lacking free space on the hard drive, etc.
3. Report, Chart and Export Tools
   
   • Generation of predefined print-ready reports in various formats: PDF, RTF, HTML, Plain text, JPEG.
   • Report builder for creating custom reports with extended features: report data manager, report designer and preview.
   • Charting feature ensures easy data perception and illustration. Different chart types are available.
   • All on-screen data can be exported to MS Excel, MS Word, PDF, HTML, Text file and other formats.
   • Export customization: headers/footers, included fields selection, data formats, field width, etc.
   • Data filters in reports ensure that only data meeting pre-defined criteria is included.

Enhancements:

1. Credentials specifying process is improved to make it easy to fill all the authentication information you need by just several clicks. After each click on network element the pop-up dialog is shown to input the user name and password to use to access the selected network element. The alternative credentials interface is now represented by the tree with user friendly look and feel. The credentials tree can be easily built using the Machine Tree from management tab, including or excluding Machines themselves. 
2. Few bugs were fixed, including the following:
   
   • Possible Access Violation after opening database
   • Switching OnOff Auto Fetch and Auto Update operations problem

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