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Comparing one PC against another


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You can compare one PC against another to see if there are variances of interest to you between them.

This tool is launched from the Tools menu or the Tools tab in the admin console.

Your tech support staff could use this to compare a user's PC against a baseline PC, or another PC that should be identical to see what may differ between them.

IMPORTANT: To get the maximum benefit from this tool, you should run Full audits and add DLL files to the file extensions to be audited.

You can compare PCs using this tool in two ways:

  • Against other PCs from the same audit group (folder) - for example Mary's PC compared against Bill's PC

  • Against other PCs from another audit group (folder) - for example an accounting department PC from Branch A against an accounting PC from Branch B

TIP: The ability to compare across two folders means you could save audits for "baseline" PCs into a folder that you can them use to compare actual user PCs against.  If Bill in accounting has a problem, and Bill's PC should mirror the baseline accounting PC, then you can compare his PC against the baseline 'accounting PC' in the baseline folder.

You will see:

  • Unique files on the PC being compared to another PC

  • Files on both where there are differences in the versions

  • Installed software titles missing from the PC being compared to another PC, or present only on that PC, including Microsoft Hot-Fixes and updates.