Visual Netinfo
Copyright © 1996-1999 Falk Schmal and Torsten Sprejz
Last Updated August 02, 1999, Version Preview 3
Introduction
Visual Netinfo is a Windows NT diagnostic tool which can provide several information from all attainable computers of all attainable domains.
The Scanning of the network tree was much improved. Now netinfo will scan at first the domains and if you choose a nt box, this computer will be scanned. So the long scanning times wil be much shorter!
Installation
Just copy netinfo.exe onto your executable path, and type "netinfo" or start it with doubleclick on the icon
Visual Netinfo has been tested on NT 3.51 and NT 4.0.
Usage
The default behavior of Visual Netinfo is to show information like:
all computers across the domain
if you have the rights, information about all computers at other attainable domains
rule of the computer, additional informations
server transports
services
devices
sessions
drives
local groups
global groupsuser modals
many information about users
network statistics
open files
shares
Attention: Now much improved scan handling!!
Short Help:
- the scanning the network is now much faster than the older preview
- better icons for several machine types:
Microsoft Network
Netware
Network
other Networks
domain
or workgroup
Windows NT:
Primary Domain Controller
Novell Netware Server
Windows NT Server
NT
Backup Controller
Windows NT
Machine
Windows
95 Machine
unknown
Machine or no access right for the scan
UNIX
Machine (also Samba Server)
Plans for the future
Visual Netinfo is
The work at Visual Netinfo will be suspend. We look at Netinfo in the case from a technology study to learn something about the interna from Windows NT.
We thanks all the people how given us hints, bugs and others. But now we say: there comes definitly no new functions.
Sample Screenshot
Here is a sample screenshot of Visual netinfo.
Feedback
Important!!! If you will email us some suggestions, bug or whatever about netinfo, please put into the subject of our mail the following term: [NETINFO] If you forget this, you will not recieve an answer!!