Extent

The tab serves to define the extent in which the computers will be detected.

Options:

• Detect hardware – enable this option if you want to detect the hardware in your computer.
  • Update objects in the tree – enable to write the detected hardware objects into the objects tree automatically.
• Detect softare – enable this option if you want to detect the software in your computer.
  • Normal (registry, services and selected files) – select if it is sufficient for you to detect the SW by normal detection.
    Note:

    If you use Normal detection, the system will first detect data from the Windows registry and the information on files that are launched from the Start menu and from the Desktop. This option is quicker and usually fully sufficient in practice.
  • Complete (registry and all files on local hard drives) – select if you want to detect SW by the complete detection.
    Warning:

    If you use Full detection, the system will detect data from the Windows system registry, as well as the information on all executable files on all hard drives. This may take some time.
  • Include files – enter a mask for the file and folder names to scan during the detection process.
    For example, if you only want to scan files with the exe and dll file extensions, enter the mask "*.exe;*.dll".
    The exe, com, dll, ocx, drv and scr file extensions are scanned by default.
  • Skip files – enter a mask for the file and folder names to skip during the detection process.
    For example, if you want to skip the folder System Volume Information, enter "*\System Volume Information\*".
    If there is a collision between the Include files and Skip files masks, the Skip files mask has priority.
  • Update Installation Registry – enable to automatically record the data on the software detected into the Installation Registry.
• Options
  • Use different detection methods – check this checkbox if you want to use different methods for software and hardware detections.
  • Restore settings of all computers – check this checkbox if you want to restore the detection settings for all computers in the asset management. All individual detection settings for computers will be deleted and these settings will be used for any future detections.
• Automatic detection planning
  • Hardware and software detection period – enter a number of days to pass before the next automatic detection. If you enter 0, the detection planning will be disabled and no detections will be repeated.
• Agent verification
  • Agent verification code – enter the code used for verification of autonomous Agents when communicating with the Web Service. You have to enter the same code also when installing the Agents. This code may also be empty.

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