EMCO Network Inventory - What's New in Version 5.8

Below you can find a list of the latest product releases. Click on the release version to see what new features, improvements and bug-fixes appeared in a particular release.

Release: 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.8

Please note that the list of versions only contains the versions defined as major updates. Changes from minor and bug-fix releases are represented here as changes to the corresponding major update versions that include those changes.

Version 5.8.5 (September 18, 2012)
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 and Microsoft Windows 2012 operating systems Added OS platform representation (x86 and x64) along with its name
Version 5.8.4 (July 3, 2012)
New and improved features	The below features have been introduced for the first time 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 resolves a number of issues, the most important of which are listed below: Errors while executing data manipulation queries using the Query Builder
Version 5.8.3 (December 9, 2011)
New and improved features	The below features have been introduced for the first time or significantly improved in this release: Introduced a feature of retrieving the information about installed software updates
Resolved issues	This release resolves a number of issues, the most important of which are 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
Version 5.8.2 (October 12, 2011)
New and improved features	The below features have been introduced for the first time or significantly improved in this release: Added an option to export the Custom Data columns along with the Description column
Resolved issues	This release resolves a number of issues, the most important of which are listed below: The Export Displayed option should export only the data that is displayed on the screen
Version 5.8.1 (August 17, 2011)
New and improved features	The below features have been introduced for the first time or significantly improved in this release: 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	This release resolves a number of issues, the most important of which are listed below: Errors while importing inventory information, collected by stubs, from network shares
Version 5.8 (July 21, 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	This release resolves a number of issues, the most important of which are listed below: 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