System requirements

Installing Network Inventory Expert

• Run niexpert.exe;
• Follow the setup instructions;

Working with Network Inventory Expert

When First Starting.

When you first run the program, you must add the user's computers to your list.

You can add computers manually one-by-one, or you can run the automatic adding process, which will add all the computers in your network to the list. Also you can import list of computers from file.

To add a computer manually, you must choose the menu "Computer", and then click on the submenu "New Computer". You should then type the NetBIOS-name of the computer that you want to add.

To run the automatic adding process, and add all the computers in you local network, you must choose the menu "Computer", and then click on the submenu "Find Computers". The Network Inventory Expert will then search for computers in your local network.

To import computers from the file, you must choose the menu "Computer", and then click on the submenu "Import Computers from File". You should then choose a file in text format (*.txt), where each line - is a computer name.

You can add computers manually one-by-one, or you can run the automatic adding process, which will add all the computers in your network to the list. Also you can import list of computers from file.

To add a computer manually, you must choose the menu "Computer", and then click on the submenu "New Computer". You should then type the NetBIOS-name of the computer that you want to add.

To run the automatic adding process, and add all the computers in you local network, you must choose the menu "Computer", and then click on the submenu "Find Computers". The Network Inventory Expert will then search for computers in your local network.

To import computers from the file, you must choose the menu "Computer", and then click on the submenu "Import Computers from File". You should then choose a file in text format (*.txt), where each line - is a computer name.

You can delete computers from list with the menu command "Computer->Delete Computer", or by pressing the "Del" key.

You can add custom columns to the list of computers in the left side of Network Inventory Expert window.

For this choose "File" from the main menu, then choose the submenu "Options". In "Options" form choose "Custom columns".

Also you can delete columns or move columns up or down.

Clicking on a computer name in list will show information about this computer in a window on the right-hand side of the screen, double clicking will update the information.

If you want to get information about the system on a user's computer, you must select "System Info". If you want to get information about installed software, choose "Software Info". To get information about running processes choose "Process Info".

You can also change the type of information collected from the main menu. To do this, choose the menu "Computer" -> "System Info", or "Computer" -> "Software Info", or "Computer" -> "Process Info".

You can use custom login name and password. To do this, choose the menu "File" -> "Options", choose "Custom Logon".

On the status bar you can see the quantity of computers on your list.

You can create reports concerning all the computers on your list. To do this, choose "Report" from the main menu, and then choose the submenu for the type of report that you wish to create. You can also create a detailed report including every type of hardware, or you can use a filter to combine any specific types of hardware into one report. You can export any report to MS Excel, HTML, XML, MS Visio XML Drawing or rich text format (RTF) file.

You can save your settings for reports. For this mark "Save Settings".

You can choose the type of report between "List" and "Sheet".

"List" report contains information about all PCs. For example.

"Sheet" report contains information about all PCs. For example.

You can use scheduler to get information from remote PCs. To do this, choose "File" from the main menu, and then choose the submenu "Options". In "Options" form choose "Scheduler".

You can set the time and interval for the inventory. Many scheduling options are available, depending on which schedule you use (hour, day, month).

Also you can set automatic export all data to MS SQL. To do this mark checkbox "Export All Data to MS SQL"

You can set the name of MS SQL server, name and password of MS SQL user, name of table for computers, table name for "System info", table name for "Software info" and table name for "Processes info".