Hardware and Software on Stations under Windows® OS

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Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite allows to accumulate and view information on hardware and software installed on protected stations under Windows OS.

To collect information on hardware and software of the stations

1.Enable statistics collecting on the Server:

a)Select the Administration item in the main menu of the Control Center.

b)Select the Dr.Web Server Configuration item in the control menu.

c)In the Server settings, open the Statistics tab and set the Hardware and software flag if it is cleared.

d)To apply the changes, click Save and restart the Server.

2.Allow collecting statistics on stations:

a)Select the Anti-virus Network item in the main menu of the Control Center.

b)In the hierarchical list of anti-virus network, select a station or a group of stations for which you want to allow statistics collecting. When selecting a group of stations, please note the settings inheriting: if the stations of selected group have personal settings, when changing the group settings will not change the station settings.

c)In the control menu, in the Configuration → Windows section, select Dr.Web Agent.

d)In the Agent settings, on the General tab, set the Collect information about stations flag if it is cleared. If necessary, edit the Period of collecting information about stations (min.) parameter value.

e)To apply the changes, click Save. Settings will be transmitted to the stations.

To view hardware and software of the station

1.Select the Anti-virus Network item in the main menu of the Control Center.

2.In the hierarchical list of anti-virus network, select appropriate station.

3.In the control menu, in the General section, select the Hardware and software item.

4.In the opened window you can view the tree with the list of hardware and software, which contains the following information about the station:

Application—the list of program applications installed on the station.

Hardware—the list of hardware mounted on the station.

Operating System—information on operating system of the station.

Windows Management Instrumentation—information on Windows management instrumentation.

5.To filter displayed parameters of hardware and software of a station, specify the following options in the Settings of tree view section:

Hide system components—hide displaying of system applications from the Application section. If the flag is set, only the rest of applications except the system ones will be displayed. If the flag is cleared, the list will contain all applications including system components.

Hide advanced information—display only minimum set of components which allows to get the general overview of a station. This set is defined by preinstalled filters and cannot be changed by a user. If the flag is set, only base components will be displayed. If the flag is cleared, all components will be displayed.

6.To view the detailed information on a concrete hardware or application, select the necessary object in the tree.

7.If necessary, you can export data on hardware and software on station into a file. Only whose data will be exported that are currently displayed in the tree according to the specified settings (see step 5).

To export data, click the one of the following buttons on the toolbar:

Save data in CSV file,

Save data in HTML file,

Save data in XML file,

Save data in PDF file.

To compare hardware and software of several stations

1.Select the Anti-virus Network item in the main menu of the Control Center.

2.In the hierarchical list of anti-virus network, select several stations or groups of stations. To view the comparison page, you must select two of more stations under Windows OS.

3.In the control menu, in the General section, select the Comparison of hardware and software item.

4.In the opened window, the following information is available:

the free with the list of hardware and software;

comparison table for the selected stations.

5.To display comparing data, select necessary item in the tree of hardware and software. All available values of the selected item will be displayed in the comparison tree.