Comments on: Third party Windows utilities http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/third-party-windows-utlities/ Sun, 19 May 2013 03:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: saturno http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/third-party-windows-utlities/#comment-86991 saturno Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:29:22 +0000 #comment-86991 All of the above are great directions on monitoring Windows -with- Windows.

Looking into your Linux side, I point you to dmidecode.

It is usefull to query all about hardware from Linux.
To get an idea, please read this article.

]]> By: carlosdl http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/third-party-windows-utlities/#comment-86981 carlosdl Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:55:03 +0000 #comment-86981 Yes, most Windows monitoring applications use WMI to gather information from the monitored machines, for example: Spiceworks.

]]> By: spadasoe http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/third-party-windows-utlities/#comment-86980 spadasoe Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:52:38 +0000 #comment-86980 agreed. WMI reporting should give you all the information you need. There are some good and free packages out there, such as lansweeper and spiceworks. Also, take a look at SYDI Sydi will retrieve both hardware and software information for you.

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