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EMCO Network Inventory Starter Changelog

What's new in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.24.11003

Feb 27, 2024
  • New and improved features
  • Scanning OS version (22H2, 23H2) for modern operating systems

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.23.10231 (Aug 31, 2022)

  • New and improved features:
  • Supporting the Microsoft Windows Server 2022 and Windows 11 operating systems
  • Scanning OS version (21H1, 21H2, etc) for modern operating systems

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.22.10109 (Apr 6, 2021)

  • New and improved features:
  • A BIOS serial is not completely visible after a scan
  • Unable to specify a registry custom scanning criteria with a comma in a registry key or value

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.21.10011 (Oct 2, 2019)

  • The Microsoft Windows Server 2019 operating system is now supported
  • The inventory scan results logging is more precise

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.18.9921 (Apr 25, 2018)

  • New and improved features:
  • The Microsoft Windows Server 2016 operating system is now supported
  • Improved logging of inventory scan
  • Resolved issues:
  • Potential errors when fetching a list of installed fonts
  • Potential errors when enumerating startup commands

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.17.9904 (Jan 18, 2018)

  • New and improved features:
  • The number of cores and virtual processors is now reported during processors inventory
  • Resolved issues:
  • The database errors might occur in specific environments when scanning services
  • The inventory process may freeze during network protocols scan

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.16.9812 (Jul 17, 2017)

  • Resolved issues:
  • The application fails to start due to critical error when running on PC's with no default printer selected

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.15.9704 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • Resolved issues:
  • The groups that are not browsed in Windows Explorer cannot be enumerated via Active Directory services

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.14.9684 (May 6, 2016)

  • The network printers are not retrieved correctly from Machines having the WMI access enabled.

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.11.9614 (Nov 7, 2015)

  • New and improved features:
  • Added compatibility with Windows 10
  • Improved stability of remote connection to Machines running Microsoft Windows 10
  • Report samples now supports windows 10
  • Resolved issues:
  • Information on last logged on user is not retrieved from machines running Microsoft Windows 8 and later
  • Potential errors when retrieving information on installed processors
  • Potential errors when retrieving information on installed applications

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.9.9451 (Nov 21, 2014)

  • New and improved features:
  • Added detection of Microsoft Office 2013 Digital Product ID
  • Resolved issues:
  • A Digital Product ID is incorrectly retrieved for Machines running Microsoft Windows 8 and newer operating systems
  • An incorrect Digital Product ID is retrieved when a product is activated via Multiple Activation and Volume License Keys

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.8.9411 (Jul 14, 2014)

  • New and improved features:
  • Improved the stability of remote connection to machines running Microsoft Windows 8 and 8.1
  • Resolved issues:
  • Connectivity errors while trying to inventory machines with the Remote Registry service disabled

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.7.9400 (Feb 1, 2014)

  • New and improved features:
  • The below features have been introduced for the first time or significantly improved in this release:
  • Added support of Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Microsoft Windows 2012 R2 operating systems
  • An option to modify Machine properties is added to the Machine Management tool
  • Resolved issues:
  • This release resolves a number of issues, the most important of which are listed below:
  • Reduced system memory usage at application startup

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.6.9368 (May 31, 2013)

  • Added an option for applying excluded application changes after importing
  • Improved performance of remote file system scanning

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.5.9310 (Sep 20, 2012)

  • Added support of Microsoft Windows 8 and Microsoft Windows 2012 operating systems
  • Added OS platform representation (x86 and x64) along with its name

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.4.9269 (Jul 5, 2012)

  • New and improved features:
  • Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:
  • Added an option to start a new page for each Machine in an inventory report
  • Added an option to execute any data manipulation query using the Query Builder
  • Improved network enumeration, so a Local Machine domain can be always enumerated, even if it is not available via the Computer Browser service
  • Resolved issues:
  • This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:
  • Errors while executing data manipulation queries using the Query Builder

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.3.9214 (Dec 12, 2011)

  • Features below were firstly introduced or significantly improved in this release:
  • Introduced a feature of retrieving the information about installed software updates
  • This release contains a set of resolved issues, including most important ones, listed below:
  • Applications with names longer then 80 characters are not retrieved during a scan
  • Incorrect detection of installed application lists in specific environments
  • Main menu items are not displayed in the Chars dialog

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.2.9183 (Oct 13, 2011)

  • Added an option to export the Custom Data columns along with the Description column

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.1.9104 (Aug 17, 2011)

  • New and improved features:
  • Remote connection process is improved to decrease a chance of connection failure
  • More detailed logging of problems while connecting to the remote machines
  • Data collection options are grouped by inventory information categories
  • Resolved issues:
  • Errors while importing inventory information, collected by stubs, from network shares

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.8.0.9011 (Jul 23, 2011)

  • Physical drives info reporting:
  • Information about physical hard drives now is available in the inventory report. In order to scan physical drives the corresponding option should be enabled on the Settings tab. The extracted information includes a model, manufacturer, capacity, serial number and other information for every installed hard drive.
  • Extended memory banks info:
  • The reported information about memory banks was extended to include memory type and memory speed info for installed memory modules.
  • Resolved issues:
  • Total physical memory is displayed incorrectly for machines with more than 4 GB of memory installed
  • An error may happen while retrieving a list of running processes
  • A progress is displayed inaccurately during a machines scan
  • The network tree may show duplicated entries for some machines

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.7.4.8901 (Jun 24, 2011)

  • New and improved features:
  • Added support of Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 operating systems
  • Added feature to retrieve the Digital ID for Microsoft Office 2010
  • Resolved issues:
  • The Digital ID for Microsoft Office is not retrieved from the Machines running on the x64 operating systems
  • Invalid website and e-mail links in the application user interface

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.7.3.8814 (Jun 24, 2011)

  • New and improved features:
  • Introduced faster and more reliable technology of retrieving WMI data
  • Introduced an ability to scan the Active Directory domains containing more than 1000 machines
  • Significantly improved speed of data retrieving from remote machines
  • Improved retrieving digital product Ids from remote Machines running on Windows Vista and later, including the x64 operating system versions
  • Resolved issues:
  • The application hangs when trying to enumerate Network via Active Directory
  • Invalid Program Files Folders scan results for remote machines running on x64 platforms
  • The Startup Commands scan does not work for the remote machines running on Windows Vista and later
  • The application might hang at the end of the inventory scan scan process

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.7.1.8531 (Jun 24, 2011)

  • New and improved features:
  • Added detailed logging of problems during the network enumeration process
  • Improved performance of network enumeration in large network environments using the Computer Browser
  • Resolved issues:
  • Not all Machines are detected in large network environments during enumeration using the Computer Browser
  • Wrong behavior of preferences pages after calling Reset to defaults

New in EMCO Network Inventory Starter 5.7.0.8314 (Jun 24, 2011)

  • Active Directory scan:
  • Now the application is able to detect network PCs using Active Directory. It helps to reduce scanning time and allows to detect all PCs registered in the Active Directory even if they are currently turned off. On the Preferences dialog you can define a type of network scan and select Active Directory Scan and/or Computer Browser scan.
  • Resolved issues:
  • Wrong scan process info is displayed when all data collecting options are turned off
  • Help menu item disappears sometimes from the main application menu