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Insert Own Computer to Asset Management

  1. Right-click on the object "MyCompany Inc." in the tree and select - New computer from the context menu.

  2. The New Computer window opens. Select Add computer and detect data over network and enter the name of your computer. Click Next to continue.

  3. Confirm the date on which you have added your computer to the Asset Management.

  4. Confirm that you wish to detect the computer data now.

  5. The New detection – Basic window opens. Leave the option Apply saved settings enabled and click OK.

  6. Your new computer will appear in the tree. If you now select this computer and go to the Detection tab, you will find two open requests on hardware and software detection.

  7. Run the Collector from Start – ALVAO Asset Management – Collector. A status icon will appear in the Windows taskbar which indicates that the Collector is running. If you double-click this icon, the main Collector window will open. The Collector's task is to detect computers based on the requests sent over the Console. You can watch the request processing progress in the main Collector window.

    Collector status icon
  8. Once Collector has finished collecting data, the detected hardware will appear in the Console in the tree under the computer assembly and the software on the Software tab or in the Installations register (see Software – Installations register). You can view the detection details if you right-click on the detection, select - Details... from the context menu and go to the Detection tab in the main Console window.

Note:

This simple detection method only works on machines with Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/Server 2003 and 2008, see Hardware and Software Detection.

 

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