EMCO Network Inventory Starter5.8.20.9981

EMCO Network Inventory Starter is a software program whose sole purpose is to aid individuals in viewing detailed information regarding all computers in your LAN and save them to a file.

Quick setup and clear-cut environment

After going through a surprise-free and seamless installation process, you are brought to a pretty well-organized and clean GUI, as it consists of a menu bar, a few buttons, a folder structure and a pane in which to display selected data.In addition to that, extensive Help contents and a large number of tutorials are supported thus ensuring that all types of users can find their way around it, including those with little or no previous experience at all.

View general and detailed information

First and foremost, you are required to scan your local area connection (LAN) in order to find all computers connected. Once this process is over, you can view details regarding each and every one such as IP and MAC address, machine name, domain/workgroup, system name, total memory, video card, connected printer, operating system, install date, default language, BIOS name and system up time.In addition to that, you can view a list of all installed applications, the ones that require an update, shared items, monitor info, printers, logical and CD drives, processor, network cards and notes (if any).

Generate reports using one of the many formats supported

It is important to keep in mind that you can customize all the data aforementioned and export it using XLS, DOC, RTF, HTML, XML, BDF, PDF, TXT, CSV, DIF, SYLK and SQL file formats, as well as copy it to the Clipboard. You can also create an exclusion list, based on their IP ore machine name, view logs and save them to the HDD as a LOG file.

Conclusion and performance

The amount of resources required is low at all times and thus, the system’s performance is not going to be hampered. The response time is good, the interface is simple-to-handle, the export capabilities are quite impressive and we did not pick up on any errors or bugs in our tests.All in all, EMCO Network Inventory Starter proves to be a pretty useful and reliable piece of software, dedicated to those interested in gathering information regarding all computers in their LAN. If you require more advanced features, you can give the enterprise edition a try, EMCO Network Inventory Enterprise.