Network Inventory Monitor Structure

• Network Inventory Monitor - User (NIMuser) - that run on user PC;
• Network Inventory Monitor - Administrator (NIMadmin) - that can connecting to Network Inventory Monitor - User and show information about user PC.

System requirements

Install Network Inventory Monitor

• Run Setup.exe;
• Follow the setup instructions;
• On user PC you should unmark "Network Inventory Monitor - Administrator" component;
• On administrator's PC you can unmark "Network Inventory Monitor - User" component;
• Set password for NIMuser.

Work with Network Inventory Monitor - User

In section "Password" you can change current password. In section "Preferences" you can hide some type of information.

If you mark "Hide system information" datas about user's operating system type and hardware will not be available for NIMadmin.

If you mark "Hide software information" datas about user's installed software will not be available for NIMadmin.

If you mark "Hide processes information" datas about user's running processes will not be available for NIMadmin.

If you mark "Hide screenshot" screen shot from user will not be available for NIMadmin.

If you mark "Hide tray icon" NIMuser icon will not be represent in notification area (system tray).

You can submit or cancel changes, what you have made, by press button "OK" or "Cancel". If you want shutdown NIMuser, press button "Exit".

Work with Network Inventory Monitor - Administrator

Before you run.

First start.

When you run program firstly you must add user's computers to your list. You can add one computer manually or run automatic adding all computers in your network.

For adding computer manually you must choose menu "Computer" and then click on submenu "New Computer". Then you should type NetBIOS-name of computer, you wand to add.

For run automatic adding all computers in you local network you must choose menu "Computer" and then click on submenu "Find Computers". After that NIMadmin will search computers in your local network and check version of NIMuser on them.

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.

Using Network Inventory Monitor - Administrator.

You can add one computer manually or run automatic adding all computers in you network.

For adding computer manually you must choose menu "Computer" and then click on submenu "New Computer". Then you should type NetBIOS-name of computer, you wand to add.

For run automatic adding all computers in your local network you must choose menu "Computer" and then click on submenu "Find Computers". After that NIMdmin will search computers in your local network and check version of NIMuser on them.

You can delete computer from list with menu "Computer->Delete Computer" or by press key "Del".

Click on computer name in list will show info about this computer in right side, double click will update information.

If you want to get information about system of user's computer you must choose bookmark "System Info". If you want to get information about installed software, choose "Software Info". For getting information about running processes - choose "Process Info". To get monitor screenshot - choose "Screen".

You can change type of information from main menu too. For this choose menu "Computer"-> "System Info" or "Computer"-> "Software Info" or "Computer"-> "Process Info" or "Computer"-> "Screen".

You can send message to user's computer. For this press "Send Message" in the right part of window.

In "Password store" you can store passwords for each NIMuser in your network. For this choose menu "File" -> "Options" and then type password and description.

Export all data to MS SQL

You can export all data from Network Inventory monitor to MS SQL. To do this, choose "File" from the main menu, and then choose the submenu "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".

Add custom columns

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

Also you can change language of interface. For this choose menu "File" -> "Options" and choose "language".

In status bar you can see quantity of computers in 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 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.

For update NIMuser on remote PC you must select them in computers list and then choose from main menu "Computer->Update Version".

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).