{"id":161,"date":"2008-12-12T12:35:49","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T12:35:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-12-12T12:35:49","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T12:35:49","slug":"campus_managed_desktop_information_tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/isg\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"Campus Managed Desktop Information Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CMDInfo is a major redevelopment of the ISS PC Info tool which is part of the current Windows XP Base Policy. It is designed to provide important information to users and support staff including  their profile path, home directory  path, machine name, group policies and firewall exceptions.<\/p>\n<p>CMDInfo also includes WinDirStat, a freeware  tool which gives a graphical representation of the space utilisation on a given folder or volume. When launched from CMDInfo  WinDirStat will automatically present a view of a users H Drive.<\/p>\n<p>Extra features are available when running CMDInfo under Window Vista including migration scripts which will copy Internet Explorer Favourites, Desktop Items and Outlook NK2 (nickname)  files to  their Vista profiles. <\/p>\n<p>The new tool is included in the new Test Vista Base Policy announced yesterday. It will also  be merged in to the existing  XP Base Policy later today and delivered to  machines under the Policy at their  next restart. <\/p>\n<h4>Features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Displays detailed system and user information including Username, Home Directory path, Profile Path, Mapped drives, Firewall exceptions, Network Name and Hardware Information\n<\/li>\n<li>Simple and advanced views.<\/li>\n<li>Support links for helpline and printing credit.<\/li>\n<li>Includes <a href=\"http:\/\/windirstat.info\/\">WinDirStat<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Includes tools to import all or any combination of Favorites, Outlook settings, Desktop files and document templates from a Users XP profile to their Vista (Vista Only).<\/li>\n<li>Includes emailing component which will interrogate the system and send advanced support information &#8216;ipconfig&#8217;, &#8216;set&#8217; and event logs to support staff (Vista Only).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Screenshots<\/h4>\n<p><strong>User information (Advanced View).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wit.ncl.ac.uk\/vista\/images\/cmdinfouser.JPG\" alt=\"User Information\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <strong>System information (Advanced View).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wit.ncl.ac.uk\/vista\/images\/cmdinfosys.JPG\" alt=\"System Information\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <strong>Support and Tools (Advanced View\/Windows Vista)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wit.ncl.ac.uk\/vista\/images\/cmdinfotools.JPG\" alt=\"Tools\" width=\"922\" height=\"298\" \/><\/p>\n<p>  <strong>Send Logs (Advanced View\/Windows Vista)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wit.ncl.ac.uk\/vista\/images\/email1.JPG\" alt=\"Email\" width=\"376\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Send Logs Script (Advanced View\/Windows Vista)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wit.ncl.ac.uk\/vista\/images\/cmdinfomail.JPG\" alt=\"Send Logs\" width=\"667\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    <strong>Email recieved from CMDInfo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wit.ncl.ac.uk\/vista\/images\/cmdinfomail2.JPG\" alt=\"Email\" width=\"531\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CMDInfo is a major redevelopment of the ISS PC Info tool which is part of the current Windows XP Base Policy. 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