Total Network Inventory news and upgrades

Total Network Inventory goes 1.6.0!

John Olson — 3 Oct 2007 14:32:50 GMT

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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Total Network Inventory goes 1.5.40!

John Olson — 3 Oct 2007 14:32:50 GMT

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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Total Network Inventory goes 1.5.38!

John Olson — 9 Apr 2007 14:32:50 GMT

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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Total Network Inventory goes 1.5.37!

John Olson — 27 Feb 2007 11:02:31 GMT

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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Total Network Inventory goes 1.5.36!

John Olson — 18 Jan 2007 11:49:47 GMT

Featuring added options and improved information representation:

Added: New firewall-friedly remote computer connection method, requiring only administrator access to IPC$ and ADMIN$.

Added: Check for new version item in main menu "Help" section.

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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Total Network Inventory goes 1.5.35!

John Olson — 10 Jan 2007 10:47:00 GMT

Featuring added options and improved information representation:

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:

Total Network Inventory news and upgrades

Total Network Inventory goes 1.6.0!

Total Network Inventory goes 1.5.40!

Total Network Inventory goes 1.5.38!

Total Network Inventory goes 1.5.37!

Total Network Inventory goes 1.5.36!

Total Network Inventory goes 1.5.35!

Total Network Inventory 1.5 released!