Hardware Inventory

Hardware Reports

Desktop Central scans the Windows systems in the network to collect the hardware details and stores them in to the database. This data is presented in the form of reports for ready reference. The reports also provide a graphical representation and has a drill-down capability to show more detailed information about the hardware and software details along with their usage metrics for each computer. The following Hardware Inventory reports are provided by Desktop Central:

Computers by OS

Provides the details of the computers by their operating system like, Computer Name, Operating System, Service Pack, Version, Virtual Memory, Visible Memory, etc.

Computers by Manufacturer

Provides the details of the computers by their manufacturer like Computer Name, Manufacturer, Model, System Type, Physical Memory, etc.

Computers by Memory

Provides the details of the computers by their RAM size like Computer Name, Manufacturer, Model, System Type, Physical Memory, etc.

Computers by Age

Provides the details of the computers by their year of manufacturing like Computer Name, Year of Installtion, Domain Name, and Description.

Computers by Device Type

Provides the details of the computers based on their type like, Laptop, Portable, Desktop etc.

Hardware Manufacturers

Provides a list of hardware manufacturers along with their product count and installation count. Clicking the product count will display the various hardware devices manufactured by that vendor.

Hardware Types

Provides the list of hardware detected in the network along with their count and installed copies. Clicking the hardware count shows the different types of the hardware.

Alert Notifications

Desktop Central enables administrators to get notified through email if any new hardware is detected in the network.

For more details on the Hardware Inventory, refer to the Hardware and Software Inventory topic of the online help documentation.