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Keeping A Good Hardware And Software Inventory

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L. Michael Guard

Question: 
Do you have any suggestions for keeping a good inventory of hardware and software? We have a lot of "Frankenstein" machines that have had so much stuff changed out on them (motherboard, memory chips, video card, sound card) that they are almost unrecognizable from the original specs, yet when it's time to figure out if a particular new piece of software will run on them, we need to know the current configuration. I'm hoping there's an easy way to do this.
Answer: 

We'll be writing a full article on this subject, but until then, there is a suite of programs called GASP® that operates as a software, hardware and file audit tool. It is designed to help you identify and track licensed and unlicensed software and other files installed on your company's computer systems including desktops, laptops and network servers. It can be downloaded from the Free Tools section of the Business Software Alliance site.

First published on BankersOnline.com 3/5/01

First published on 03/05/2001

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