Re: Best way to audit installed software?

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You could use WMI class Win32_Product to return this information. WMI can return a whole load of information about your local machine and remote machines.

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Chris Lukowski wrote:
Hi,

Our IT Director is itching to get an audit of all installed software on our network, especially software installed on our remote domain-joined laptops that connect here using VPN connections. Our primary concern is the presense of file sharing software, but a total audit would be nice too. What's the easiest/best/most-cost-effective way to accomplish this? Is there freeware out there that can accomplish this or are we better off with something else?
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