After linking, downloading, and using a system for a year or more, it's all too easy to completely lose track of not just WHERE a program is located, but even WHAT is installed on the system.

WinAudit to the rescue.

A Small download which will inventory your system and allow you to save the
results in several formats

• PDF
• Compiled html (chm)
• CSV [for Excel]
• Formated text (.txt)
• Tab delimited *.txt
• Unicode *.txt
• simple html
• complete html
• XML

(I like the CSV to allow user sorting and reorg [hey-- I'm a control freak]

The data it collects is organized in a Tree View for the following subject areas
(Overview, Installed Software, OS, Peripherals, Security[7 sub areas!], Groups & Users(Local, Global, User Accnts), Scheduled Tasks, Uptime, Error Log(applications), Environment Vars, Regional Settings, Windows network(sessions, shares), Network TCP(all adaptors) Network BIOS, Hardware Devices(*complete*), Display, Printers(even networked), System Management(ie MoBo), Physical Disks, Drives(ie Drive letter devices), Com Ports, Services)

WOW! Bet you could read "War & Peace" before you could digest all of this!

The program is available at http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm

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Frequently we see the need to know what is installed and which services are running.
WinAudit is ideal for providing this information.

Install WinAudit available at http://www.pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm
Be sure to run using an Admin login or use Run As to provide the id/password

Configure these options for a certainty:
http://img11.imageshack.us/g/winauditoptions.jpg/
Then click AUDIT and let it complete;
You can save the results in several formats, including CSV, which I prefer to
allow sorting, reformatting, and search.

Attach your file when requested.

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How does the audit part of this compare to the Belarc Advisor?

Also wanted to mention The Ultimate Troubleshooter (TUT) from answersthatwork is one of the best programs I know of that gives total access and control of the entire system.

http://www.answersthatwork.com/TUT_p...nformation.htm


Running tasks, Startups, Services and other can all be viewed, controlled and printed out from within the program. Recommendations for handling each available on highlight.

Additional system info like CPU, RAM, etc. And one of the best features is Housekeeping. The is a very full disc cleanup with options for each section. Deletions can be directed to the Recycle Bin. Software Eraser can be used then to overwrite. (Eraser http://eraser.heidi.ie/)

I have a 4+ year old laptop with 88% resources still free because of using TUT.

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better organized and if you enable all the options, FAR MORE COMPLETE [edit] also Freeware [/edit]

the only thing I see missing are the License Keys for installed MS programs.

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Okay, I'll have a look then do both and compare.

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save the attachment into the same directory as that used to install WinAudit.
Delete the existing WinAudit.ini and then rename WinAudit.ini.txt -> WinAudit.ini

Now run WinAudit and save the results as CSV.
(for illustrative purposes, I'll assume your file is name audit.csv)
This allows us to quickly find various facts about our systems using the command prompt (run->cmd)

WinAudit produces LOTS of information and it can be daunting to find what you are looking for. As an old programmer, I use a lot of scanning and filtering techniques to extract what I'm interested in. The attachment will reduce some levels of detail and using the FIND command we can extract major categories of details.


1) what drivers are required at boot time?

find /i "boot" audit.csv
(to keep a copy on the HD, add >filename.txt to any of these commands )

btw: this would also be usefull for the Win7 Signed Driver issue!!!

2) what services are Started?

find /i "Started" audit.csv
(yes we can see this also via services.msc)

3) what peripherals are attached?

find /i "periph" audit.csv
or Mapped Drives
find /i "Mapped Drive" audit.csv

4) what software is installed?

find /i "Installed" audit.csv
(and this will be voluminous!)

5) where are my products installed? as in things that are not system

find /i "location" audit.csv | find /i "C:" (if you install elsewhere, use that drive letter instead of C:

6) which updates failed to install?

find /i "failed" audit.csv

(If you find some, be sure to look for a later install for the same KB#number
10/29/2009 17:54 Security Update for Windows XP (KB969059) Installation Succeeded
...
10/29/2009 17:11 Security Update for Windows XP (KB969059) Installation Failed

7) one last example:
What's the geometry of my Disks?

find /i "Physical Disks" audit.csv

Attached Files

WinAudit.ini.txt (1.9 KB, 1 views)

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