Inventory Software

February, 2010. Version 8.6

• Added: The program now makes multiple attempts to re-scan computer configuration if it failed at the first time
• Fixed: The program did not always show the correct amount of RAM in the main program window

January, 2010. Version 8.5

• Added: Computer hardware, software and configuration change history
• Added: Computer history report
• Fixed: The program did not show SCSI devices detected
• Fixed: Driver version for MIDI Out devices was not recorded in the XML data file

November, 2009. Version 8.4

• Added: The program can now delete inventory files that were not updated for a long time
• Fixed: Program reports did not execute on some of the 64-bit Windows OS's and Windows 2003
• Fixed: The program did not show inventory information for certain type of devices, e.g. Secure Computing SG560 routers

September, 2009. Version 8.3

• Added: The user can now search computers not only for user names, but also for IP addresses, MAC addresses and computer names
• Added: The program now collects SID information for all local user accounts
• Fixed: The program crashed when inventoried computers with the devices having illegal chars in the Hardware_ID field

July, 2009. Version 8.2

• Improved: The program debug output has been seriously improved
• Fixed: A bug fixed in the reporting engine
• Fixed: The "General Computer Information (Brief)" report duplicated multi-processor Vista computers
• Fixed: The "General Computer Information" report did not accuratelly list network adapters IP addresses
• Fixed: The program did not inventory software shortcuts in the SOFTW+ mode

May, 2009. Version 8.1

• Added: Scheduled jobs detection
• Added: The Expand All Departments popup menu command

April, 2009. Version 8.0

• Improved: A filtered List of software is now available in program GUI
• Fixed: Duplicate software titles in the computer software list
• Fixed: The program duplicated certain DirectX information when the user updated the Custom Data section
• Fixed: The program crashed when trying to load a corrupted computer inventory file

February, 2009. Version 7.9

• Improved: The program's Abot Box has been improved
• Fixed: Program crashed when detecting Dell Asset Tag on certain computers

January, 2009. Version 7.8

• Added: Printable manual was included in the program installation
• Improved: The program now displays dates according to the computer regional settings
• Improved: The program does not freeze when inventorying a large number of PC's due to a smaller timeout value
• Improved: The program now uses the minimal MAC address on computers that have multiple network adapters when processing the %MACADDRESS% macro in the inventory file name generation
• Fixed: The program did not remotelly inventory remote Vista PC's if the provided logon credentials did not have the "start service" priviledge

November 2008, version 7.7

• Fixed: The Find User function did not work in the Administrator Module
• Fixed: The program ignored the XML encoding setting in program settings
• Fixed: The General Devices Information Report did not always show the IP Addresses section
• Fixed: Fixed: The program showed incorrect names for environment variables in GUI

October 2008, version 7.6

• Added: The user can now re-inventory a computer or device from the right-click menu in the left window tab
• Improved: The list of computer names can now be loaded from a file when the user launches network inventory from the command-line parameters
• Improved: The customer_ID command-line parameter

September 2008, version 7.5

• Added: Network scan profiles
• Fixed: A few misspellings were fixed in the program screens
• Fixed: The program did not correctly process single quotes out of %COMPUTERS_BEGI% / %COMPUTERS_END% bkackets in the data export routine

August 2008, version 7.4

• Added: Custom object types
• Improved: Inventory reports are now grouped
• Improved: In Workstations Memory Report the user can now select grouping mode

July 2008, version 7.3

• Added: Event Log records collection
• Added: Network Inventory Report
• Added: Windows Services Report

June 2008, version 7.2

• Added: Dell Asset Tag, Dell Express Service Code
• Added: SKU Number and Family detection
• Improved: Windows Components detection now works for Windows Vista
• Improved: "Report Software" flag in the Software Licenses view was renamed to "Report Flag", and the software reports can now include or exclude marked software to/from the report output
• Fixed: The program did not show the correct number of computers in the status line when the user selected the ALL COMPUTERS item in the tree in the left

April 2008, version 7.1

• Added: Software install date
• Added: Computer role (workstation, server, domain controller, etc.)
• Added: Microsoft Software Licenses Report
• Fixed: In most cases the program showed the "01/01/1970" date instead of the empty date
• Improved: The program did not collect page file info in Windows Vista
• Improved: Export templates
• Fixed: The program crashed when detecting page files information if page files were turned off
• Fixed: Computer comment field added to the OperatingSystem|OperatingSystem interface page
• Fixed: The program did not save custom data information after editing if the old info existed in the computer inventory file

February 2008, version 7.0

• Added: Ability to select and copy information from the program's main window
• Added: Common Windows folders detection
• Added: Computer inventory process works now much faster
• Improved: Saving computer inventory information after custom data editing works much faster
• Improved: The Operating System | Internet and Mail program page now works much faster
• Improved: Operating system version detection
• Fixed: Bug fixed in the Workstations Memory Slots report
• Fixed: The program freezed when inventorying the Video configuration of some Vista computers

December 2007, version 6.9

• Added: Video codecs list detection
• Added: DirectShow filters detection
• Added: Asset Tag detection
• Improved: Help system changed to HTMLHelp

October 2007, version 6.8

• Added: Hardware ports list
• Added: Workgroup and domain information for computers
• Added: Operating system installation date
• Fixed: Few minor problems were fixed in the program design
• Fixed: Reports did not always correctly display devices information
• Fixed: Software licensese "Set all items to YES or NO" menu item did not work

August 2007, version 6.7

• Improved: Complete GUI redesign
• Improved: full Microsoft Windows Vista support
• Improved: Windows Firewall does not pop up when performing computer inventory
• Fixed: Certain bugs were fixed in the program reports

April 2007, version 6.6

• Added: DirectX inventory
• Added: TCP/IP open ports list
• Improved: Added new S.M.A.R.T. attributes for detection
• Improved: New reporting engine was implemented
• Fixed: Disk detection routine now supports IDE disks with more than 128GB capacity
• Fixed: ReportBuilder application did not launch on Windows 2003 Server operating system

January 2007, version 6.5

• Fixed: Reports crashed if the user selected to execute a report on devices when there is no devices in the database
• Fixed: The program was unable to log into a remote computer for the inventory purposes if the user selected computers from the network tree, expanded the tree and then specified login/password in the top level of hierarchy
• Fixed: The client module crashed on some of the NT4 systems
• Fixed: The client module crashed when detecting mail accounts with Outlook 2007
• Fixed: The General Devices Information Report did not work
• Fixed: The remote executor engine did not exit after doing it's job in some cases
• Updated: Few reports usability issues were updated
• Updated: The disk detection routine is now able to detect HDD serial number even if working without administrator priviledges

December 2006, version 6.4

• Added: Mozilla Firefox detection
• Added: Internet Explorer cookies detection
• Improved: Windows PC's inventory speed dramatically increased

November 2006, version 6.3

• Added: Opera web browser detection and history
• Added: *nix devices inventory
• Improved: Mapped drives information added in the General Computer Information Report
• Fixed: The program crashed under some conditions when inventorying a remote PC

October 2006, version 6.2

• Added: Mail clients, profiles, accounts detection
• Improved: The Startup Programs view is now separated into two parts
• Improved: Updated export templates

September 2006, version 6.1

• Added: Command-line interface for remote inventory
• Added: Windows Components inventory
• Added: The program now requires confirmation to set all software licenses to YES or NO
• Fixed: The program crashed when trying to inventory some computers
• Fixed: The "remote inventory succeeded, but the program failed to parse the result" error was fixed
• Fixed: Program reports ignored the "Exclude this software from reports" option
• Fixed: The program disabled the Next button in the network inventory wizard when the user selected certain combination of items in the checked tree
• Fixed: The Need More Reports menu item did not work correctly
• Fixed: Software-related reports did not exclude the software titles marked for exclusion from the report

August 2006, version 6.0

• Added: Local and global user groups
• Added: Windows NT Services inventory
• Added: RAS inventory
• Fixed: Administrator module crashed when viewing multimedia page on some configurations
• Fixed: Administrator module showed the General information page when the user selected to view the 2nd, 3rd, etc. custom data page

June 2006, version 5.9

• Added: TrendMicro antivirus software detection
• Improved: Dramatically increased inventory speed for Windows PC's
• Improved: Devices inventory information can now be exported to various data storages
• Fixed: Keyboards shortcuts were not working in the Administrator's module

May 2006, version 5.8

• Added: New antivirus programs detection
• Added: Reporting subsystem now supports device reporting
• Added: New General Devices Information Report
• Improved: Remote Inventory option does not require special Windows Firewall exceptions to be set up on the remote end

April 2006, version 5.7

• Added: The program can now inventory non-computer network devices
• Added: MS IIS configuration
• Improved: When performing remote inventory, the program now detects the name of the user currently logged into the computer being inventoried rather than the user name used to inventory the target PC

February, 2006, Version 5.6

• Added: "Re-inventory this computer" command in the right-click menu
• Improved: Export templates

December, 2005, Version 5.5

• Added: Now the program can inventory remote computers directly from the Network Administrator's workplace
• Improved: One more BIOS detection routine added
• Fixed: Devices detection routine for NT family operating systems was completely redeveloped
• Fixed: A small bug in the disk detection routine fixed
• Fixed: CD drive detection routine fixed
• Fixed: The program did not specially process doublequotes when exporting invemtory data to SQL

November, 03, 2005, Version 5.4

• Added: Query Builder feature in the reporting engine
• Improved: The "General Computer Information", "Installed Software Report", "Processors Count Statistics", "Software Licenses Totals" reports were improved

October, 08, 2005, Version 5.2

• Added: Internet Explorer history
• Added: Ability to sort computers in the left pane of the main window
• Fixed: Amount of physical memory, page file size, etc. is not detected correctly if the size exceeds 2G
• Fixed: The main window status bar not always correctly displayed the number of computers

September, 06, 2005, Version 5.1

• Added: Antivirus databases last update date and antivirus signature count for few Kasperski Antivirus versions
• Fixed: Small bug was fixed in the network adapters detection routine
• Fixed: WMI inventory routines did not have a chance to start working
• Fixed: Reports parameters dialog did not have checkboxes for computers/departments selection

August,10, 2005, Version 5.0

• Added: Network addresses report
• Added: SCSI devices detection
• Improved: CD drives detection routine improved

July, 14, 2005, Version 4.9

• Added: Email accounts inventory
• Added: Advanced monitor parameters detection: Gamma, Max.horizontal and vertival size, type, product ID, serial number, vendor ID, Manufacturing date

May, 16, 2005, Version 4.8

• Added: Antivirus software inventory
• Added: New Operating System Registration Info report
• Improved: New export template macro:
  %DUPLICATE_BLACKSLASHES%
• Improved: Autorun programs section now list the name of the program being automatically executed
• Improved: New menu items allowing the user to turn on/off license tracking for all software titles
• Fixed: The program was unable to detect certain software packages (e.g. StarOffice7) installed on the target computer

April, 11, 2005, Version 4.7

• Added: Ability to re-arrange departments and computers in the departments tree
• Added: "Move To Department" popup menu in the left pane of the program's main window
• Added: In the Report Builder application you can now select tables and fields from the list
• Added: New Computer Inventory By Departments report

March, 14, 2005, Version 4.6

• Added: New departments structure
• Added: Product key information for Microsoft Windows and Office
• Improved: Certain bugs were fixed in the DMI investigation routine

February, 14, 2005, Version 4.5

• Added: Operating Systems Statistics Report
• Added: Multi-lingual interface
• Improved: General Workstation Information Report
• Bug fixed: Web site export bug when exporting the XML files generated by old versions of the program
• Bug fixed: Minor bug in the Software Licenses Report
• Bug fixed: Excel file export from the reports

January, 17, 2005, Version 4.4

• Added: New reporting system
• Added: Report Builder application

November, 03, 2004, Version 4.3

• Added: Processor multiplier
• Added: The user can now set the XML file encoding tag in the program's INI file
• Fixed: The Calculate Software Licenses function worked incorrectly if called when the cursor was positioned on a different page

October, 03, 2004, Version 4.2

• Added: Page files location
• Added: Page files size
• Added: Company information from Windows registration info
• Improved: SCSI disks information

September, 06, 2004, Version 4.1

• Added: Logical disk utilization
• Added: Proxy information
• Added: Regional Settings information
• Improved: More correct bytes -> kilobytes -> megabytes conversion routine

August, 02, 2004, Version 4.0

• Added: Multimedia information
• Added: System ports information

July, 10, 2004, Version 3.9

• Enhancement: Sorted software titles in the Software Section of the main program window
• Bug fixed: The "Exclude this software from reports" key did not affect some of the reports
• Bug fixed: The program incorrectly identified the computer memory size if the size exceeded 2G

May, 10, 2004, Version 3.8

• Added: Modem detection
• Added: CD drives enhanced information
• Improved: Intel processors cache detection was improved according to the latest Intel specifications

April, 12, 2004, Version 3.7

• Now the user can specify the way of how the name of the computer inventory file will be generated
• The program now allows you to not only save the computer inventory file to the hard disk, but also to upload it to a remote FTP server
• The program now allows you to not only save the computer inventory file to the hard disk, but also to send it by e-mail to an email address

March, 15, 2004, Version 3.6

• The Delete Computer menu item was added to the Administrator module
• View selection toolbar was added to the Administrator module

January, 20, 2004, version 3.5

• Computer TCP/IP settings were added: DNS, DHCP, WINS, etc
• Computer IPX/SPX settings were added: network number and frame type

December, 20, 2003, Version 3.4

• S.M.A.R.T. disgnostics was added for local HDD drives
• Now the ECHO- option suppresses all output of the diagnostic module including creation of a new console window

November, 20, 2003, Version 3.3

• With this new version you can set up the program to inventory the target PC's only every 2 (3, 4, etc) days
• OpenGL diagnostics was added
• An option to export inventory information to any ODBC-compatible database was added to this version

October, 20, 2003, Version 3.2

• Three new reports were added to the program

September, 22, 2003, Version 3.1

• Improved: Significantly improved BIOS data detection routines (WMI)
• Added: Computer comments were added to the General tab
• Fixed: The program was unable to detect Microsoft Office registration information

August, 25, 2003, Version 3.0

• Improved: Inventory date and client version macros were added to export templates
• Fixed: The General Info report crashed if there was a corrupted XML file in the program's data folder
• Improvement: Internet Explorer version was added to the General Info report
• Improvement: OS service pack was added to the General Info report
• Fixed: Default printer detection under NT family operating systems
• Improved: DMI investigation routines
• Fixed: The main window status bar now hows the correct number of computers

July, 28, 2003, Version 2.9

• Added: The program can now export computer inventory information from the command line
• Added: The Export feature now allows you to export computer inventory information for the computers belonging to a specified department
• Added: Department information is now included into the export templates

May, 20, 2003, Version 2.8

• Added: Software licenses tracking information
• Added: Software licenses tracking report
• Added: Operating system localization information
• Added: Operating system hotfixes

April, 20, 2003, Version 2.7

• Added: Internet Explorer version
• Added: Startup programs
• Enhancement: Now the user can turn on or off detecting certain types of inventory information

March, 21, 2003, Version 2.6

• Enhancement: Fully redesigned look&feel of the Administrator module
• Enhancement: New Excel export template
• Enhancement: The software listboxes in the Software Licenses Totals report parameters dialog can now be scrolled horizontally

February, 10, 2003, Version 2.5

• Added: Computer shassis information
• Added: UNC names for locally mapped drives

January, 10, 2003, version 2.4

• Added: Computer inventory date and client version
• Added: Motherboard information: name, manufacturer, version, serial number

October, 01, 2001. Version 1.0

• Basic program version. Basic features only.