Are you a technician looking to collect hardware and software data?
Then you might want to consider Computer Census - a portable software tool that enables technicians to inventory a single computer, selected computers, or an entire Domain - automatically.
Computer Census was developed for the journeyman Technician who works with smaller networks. It quickly determines how many computers there are in a network installation and collects related technical details about each of those computers. Computer Census uses Microsoft technologies to inventory and report operating system, hardware, network, and standard software installed on a computer.
Benefits of Computer Census are:
Small Footprint The exe fits on a single floppy, CD or flash drive
Authoritative Computers report the current configuration no more guessing
Consistent Each computer receives the same set of information requests
Data Rich Over 200 key data points are reported
Fast On average, data is collected in 60 seconds or less per computer
Manipulate Output The text file and Access database can be used by a wide variety of productivity tools for additional analysis
No Agents Unlike some inventory programs nothing is installed or running on remote target computers.
Runs Locally No web access is required and no administrative privileges are required to collect information from the local computer.
No Installation No msi file or anything to install on a server or workstation, relies on standard components of the Microsoft Windows operating systems (Windows 2000 and later).
Easy to use Just type the command and accept the license: No special technical skills are needed to use the program or its output.
Portable The exe runs on any computer that has the required OS components
Discovery In a domain, can automatically build a list of computers to inventory
Low Impact -Remote computer Users may notice disk drive activity during hardware data collection but no other activity is apparent. Since computers are inventoried sequentially, only a small amount of network bandwidth is used.
No SLA Impact Because of the low impact, the tool can be run during normal business hours without affecting Service Level Agreements or interrupting normal business activities.
No or low cost Free to inventory up to 3 computers sequentially in a session, just $95.00 for an unlimited number of computers sequentially in a session.
For additional information or clarification of how Computer Census works
Hardware and Software Inventoried
User Manual (PDF)
An EASY tool to use --just what is needed to keep track of equipment for a
Small Business' Network.
* Excludes any Taxes or Fees