How to collect HW and SW installed on PC?

[Eric]

I need to update the inventory lists for 100 PCs, including hardware and
software with S/N or Licence No. Does anyone have any suggestions on any
simply way to collect all this information? rather sitting on user's computer
all day long for searching for those information.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I need to update the inventory lists for 100 PCs, including hardware and
software with S/N or Licence No. Does anyone have any suggestions on any
simply way to collect all this information? rather sitting on user's
computer
all day long for searching for those information.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric

Have you considered system audit software like Everest or Belarc?

http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php
http://www.belarc.com/

Many have demo versions so you can see if they will collect the information
you actually need, before committing to purchase.

HTH
-pk

 

[Big Al]

I need to update the inventory lists for 100 PCs, including hardware and
software with S/N or Licence No. Does anyone have any suggestions on any
simply way to collect all this information? rather sitting on user's computer
all day long for searching for those information.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions
Eric

http://msquaredtechnologies.com/m2info/index.htm
This is a rather simple program but what it does is dump stats about a
PC to a text file named after the PC. Like Eric.txt
I have an old 2003 version and I just put it on the file server and sent
an email to my office to execute S:\m2\xxxxx.bat (or whatever).

Everyone did it, then I just read all the text files.
Oops. In re-reading your post, I'm not sure it does the software.
Still, its yours to test anyway if you want.

Al.

 

[Eric]

Thank everyone very much for suggestions
For belarc, which fail to install, and I try 3 times already
For lavalys, which show only hardware information.
Does anyone have any more suggestions on any free tools to collect software
installed with serial no. or licence no.
Thank everyone very much for any suggestions
Eric

 

[Nonny]

Thank everyone very much for suggestions
For belarc, which fail to install, and I try 3 times already
For lavalys, which show only hardware information.
Does anyone have any more suggestions on any free tools to collect software
installed with serial no. or licence no.
Thank everyone very much for any suggestions

You are the first person that's I know of that says Belarc Advisor
won't install. It's probably one of the most widely used utilities of
its type.

 

[sandy58]

You are the first person that's I know of that says Belarc Advisor
won't install. It's probably one of the most widely used utilities of
its type.

Just tried it here & no problem. I think "Eric" is only looking for a
full freebee.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Thank everyone very much for suggestions
For belarc, which fail to install, and I try 3 times already

You should reconsider your install technique. It's very, very simple and
reliable.

What errors did you get?
Did you check with Belarc about them?

For lavalys, which show only hardware information.

No, it does not. Are you sure you actually ran it?
http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=5&ps=CE&lang=en
"Software Audit
Three different methods of collecting software inventory information:
installed programs list, pre-specified list of custom software products and
a built-in flexible file scanner."

Does anyone have any more suggestions on any free tools to collect
software
installed with serial no. or licence no.

Belarc and Everest. They work well.

HTH
-pk

 

[Eric]

Thank everyone very much for suggestions
The problem is solved, after I get the report, then I will uninstall it.
Will it cause any problem if I install this application later and request for
the same information?
On the other hands, if I need to check 100 PCs, do I need to install this
application in each PC and uninstall it. Can I simply install on 1 PC and
check other PCs through network? therefore, I don't need to install this
application on 100 PCs.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank everyone very much for any suggestions
Eric

 

[Big Al]

http://msquaredtechnologies.com/m2info/index.htm

Forget this link. Belarc advisor will give so much more.
I used it in 2003, and maybe then it was the best. It is good only for
identifying the OS and memory, and cpu speed. And it needs no install.