DirectX diagnostics, really ?

Erik Goldoff
IT  Consultant
Systems, Networks, & Security 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 6:46 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Audit service?

For hardware, a very nice tool is included in the OS: dxdiag

You might be able to cobble something together with WMI or perhaps
even psinfo for the software.

Kurt

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 15:05, Eric Brouwer <ithelp.e...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Back in the day, I used to use a web based service that audited all our PCs
> when they logged in.  It would gather information such as hardware specs,
> installed software, IP info, etc.  I could then run reports that would show
> me changes since last month, new computers since last month, etc.  Any one
> know what this might have been called?
>
> Any one doing something similar now?  It used to be a great tool at budget
> time.  I'd sort my hardware, and budget to replace the "worst" 15-20% of
> PCs, and have documentation to back up my recommendations.  It also helped
> with software compliance.  If I had 150 Office licenses, I made sure the
> report showed less.
>
> Thanks!
> Eric
>
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