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Featuring added options and improved information representation:
Added: Printable reports in two formats - A4 and Letter.
Added: A number of new export options for printable reports.
Added: An option to scan only new computers in Scan Wizard.
Added: Multiple monitors and video adapters are inventoried.
Added: Online scan of Mac OS X systems via SSH (requires root or administrator access).
Improved: Scan stability (when scanned computer is shut down, scan does not hang indefinitely).
Improved: Setting node type manually (notebook or workstation, switch or router, etc.)
Improved: Antivirus software category remade into Security and now shows automatic updates status, antivirus, firewall and antispyware information.
Improved: Multimonitor-aware interface, remembering window position.
Improved: Optimized file saving in both agent and main program (especially when saving to a network folder).
Improved: Full WYSIWYG for printable reports (exported reports and print-outs look as close to the preview as possible).
Improved: Network tree heavily upgraded - multiselection, drag-n-drop, updated context menu and a dozen of other usability improvements.
Improved: Status bar shows selected and total number of computers, devices and groups in a new manner.
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Featuring added options and improved information representation:
Added: Inventory of SNMP-enabled network devices (routers, printers, managed switches, etc).
Added: Italian language for interface and user manual.
Added: Different icons for different types of nodes in the tree (workstations, servers, laptops, network devices).
Added: Checking of online/offline status of all nodes.
Added: Microsoft Office service pack is determined in the list of installed software.
Added: Microsoft Office serial No. and product key is shown in the list of installed software, besides "OS information".
Added: Tabular reports are now searchable (Binoculars button, Ctrl+F, F3).
Added: List of computers which does not have particular software installed, in "Software and licenses" tabular report.
Added: Setting for separation character (for saving of tabular reports to CSV files).
Added: Setting for locking of toolbars.
Added: Output of BIOS serial number (and a corresponding field for custom tabular report).
Added: Output of network connection speed in netwok adapter information (implemented in WMI only for Vista and Server 2008).
Fixed: Reading of Windows product key and Office 2007 product key in Vista 64 bit.
Fixed: Error when processing corrupted XML data files.
Fixed: Missed one item of installed software and Program Files folder in brief reports.
Improved: Adding of compressed data files.
Improved: Reading of "Program Files" folder path.
Improved: New version check moved to separate thread.
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Featuring added options and improved information representation:
Added:Possibility to know computers which have particular software installed.
Improved: French, German, Spanish localizations.
Fixed: Table scrolling, checkboxes display and rows highlighting in software accounting table under Windows Vista.
Fixed: Wrong display of some interface parts right after program's launch under Windows Vista.
Fixed: Size and positions of welcome screen buttons with different languages.
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Featuring added options and improved information representation:
Added: Multilanguage support for interface and reports.
Added: Russian translation for interface and reports.
Added: Software installations count report.
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Featuring added options and improved information representation:
Added: Custom information fields, defined in Options (common custom fields) and for each PC separately.
Added: Extended display identification data (EDID) retrieval and decoding.
Added: Full reporting for more than one information category and additional main menu items for quick access to different reports.
Added: Last used reporting mode is saved and restored.
Added: Keyboard shortcuts for various update-like operations, see manual for details.
Added: Multi-category view mode, which allows to output information from any combination of categories.
Added: Client version and computer info last updated time on general information page.
Added: Options to view usual installed software, Windows hotfixes and Windows system components in Installed software category.
Added: Detection of multicored and hyperthreaded processors under Windows Vista and Longhorn Server (native support).
Added: Detection of multicored and hyperthreaded processors under other Windows versions (workaround).
Added: Domain role is shown near workgroup/domain name in General information.
Added: Network tree management - if Ctrl key is help down while clicking "Remove ..." menu item, data files will be kept on disk.
Added: Filter option to hide user accounts that were not logged on from selected computer.
Added: Separate watching thread which terminates hanged scanning threads in 3 minutes after pressing of "Stop" button.
Added: Option to save administrator username and password directly from Scan Wizard.
Added: Main menu items for quick access to reports under "Reports -> Single category reports".
Fixed: During file sharing scan, if a service was not removed earlier for some reason, it is now reused and doesn't cause an error.
Improved: Both reporting modes now may include any chosen combination of categories.
Improved: Reporting modes renamed: Single categories mode - to Full reporting mode, Multiple categories mode - to Brief reporting mode.
Improved: Algorithm of Installed Software retrieval, duplicates deletion and sorting.
Improved: CPU multiplier calculation and FSB clock handling.
Improved: Processor cache memory data handling.
Improved: Several identical processors are now shown in General information as "Count x Name (Frequency)".
Improved: Handling of domain names - now "domain" is always treated as "domain.local".
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Featuring added options and improved information representation:
Added: New firewall-friedly remote computer connection method, requiring only administrator access to IPC$ and ADMIN$.
Fixed: Two options flags mixed up and overwritten each other.
Fixed: "Update data files from network folder" algorithm.
Fixed: Improper memory slots usage information in system memory category.
Fixed: Exception in video system category because of unreported screen resolution by WMI under Windows Vista.
Fixed: Exception in user accounts category because of invalid time format reported by WMI.
Fixed: Improper characted set in some fields of report forms.
Fixed: Multiple "Printers" string in General information category if there is there is no default printer.
Fixed: Minor bug fixes.
Improved: Computer names and IP addresses resolving algorithm.
Improved: In Scan Wizard, IP range list now saved and loaded automatically, no need to redefine ranges each time now.
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Added: Computers and groups rescan options in the network tree context menu.
Added: Toolbar buttons with both action button and drop-down menus now have their default action duplicated in their menu.
Added: A menu item "Rescan computers" under "File" menu, duplicating toolbar commands and introducing shortcut keyboard commands for quick launch of the rescan process.
Added: If an error "RPC server is unavailable" happens during scan process or test logon, a message describing possible reasons and where to look for details is shown.
Added: Computer cost and payment date custom information options in the "Edit computer information" window.
Added: Tray icon hint.
Added: Obtain and show video adapter BIOS date and version in Video system category.
Improved: System memory information now shows not memory modules, but memory slots, both used and unused, providing memory modules information for used slots.
Improved: Total, used and free disk space calculation in the Storage details category, including floating format depending on the value (GB/MB).
Improved: Default printer is now always first in the list, both in Peripheral devices and General information.
Improved: If a group was selected in the network tree and "Rescan computer" toolbar button is pressed, nothing happened; now the whole group is rescanned.
Improved: General information category enhanced:
- motherboard system slots number for each slot type added;
- system memory slots configuration added;
- lists of items (hard disks, printers etc.) are split into separate strings;
- hard disks size added.
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- new GUI design.
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