Software Auditing on a LAN

thedoc46 · 2 Nov 2010 at 00:30

Hi,

Can anyone recommend me some good software to audit each and every client on a domain for software licensing purposes? We are talking about 75 workstations.

Something nice and simple, nothing too complicated.. do not want to spend thousands and only need it to do just the software auditing and perhaps tell when there's an un-authorized installation being done. Machines need domain user in the admin group for other reasons. (Old legacy software before you ask)

howler · 2 Nov 2010 at 10:06

Spiceworks

thedoc46 · 2 Nov 2010 at 16:55

howler said:
Spiceworks

Do you use it? Can you offer an advice on useage? Seems to good to be true, being free.. Dont wanna be pestered by ads or anything..

Hey I'm not paying so dont mind if it costs something.. Nothing more than a few grand a yr though.

howler · 3 Nov 2010 at 10:46

I tired it out a while ago but don't actively use it

It was pretty good from what I remember

PatZ1989 · 3 Nov 2010 at 11:00

Nina (network inventory advisor) was a great bit of software we used, wasnt free though. lifetime licence was about £200

Thanks

lurkio · 4 Nov 2010 at 17:52

howler said:
Spiceworks

+1

I use it in work to manage a few hundred PC's

Dazza_Random · 4 Nov 2010 at 23:37

lurkio said:
+1

I use it in work to manage a few hundred PC's

How well does it work?

Had any problems setting it up and configuring it to work fully?

Dazza_Random · 4 Nov 2010 at 23:39

Also see my thread here:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18203619

jayell · 6 Nov 2010 at 11:21

Hi,

you might check out Network Inventory with JDisc Discovery.

lurkio · 6 Nov 2010 at 12:09

Dazza_Random said:
How well does it work?

Had any problems setting it up and configuring it to work fully?

Only problem I have had was registering (which does not effect functionality)

Easy to set-up , once you configure scanning ip ranges and start it off
its easy , really easy , any retard could use it