README FILE FOR Admin Report Kit for Windows Enterprise (ARKWE)
 
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Table of Contents:

* What's New?
* What is ARKWE?
* System requirements.
* Installation.
* Who can use ARKWE.
* Organizations that would benefit from ARKWE.
* Features.
* How to activate full version.
* How to contact Vyapin.

What is new in Version 7.4.1?
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*Evaluation restriction of 10 records in export / print / email.

What is new in Version 7.4?
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* Provision to generate permission reports on user-defined lists by using the Scan Profiles of Users and Groups.
* Provision for alternative enumeration of servers in a domain using Active Directory Computer accounts(to avoid Browser Service dependency). 
* Ability to search report data. 

What is new in Version 7.3?
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*Ability to e-mail generated reports.
*Provision to apply Scan Profiles for Built-in Reports. 
*Support for x64 platform.

Newly added built-in reports.

Permission Reports:
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 List of effective permissions for specific users and groups on folders.
 List of effective permissions for specific users and groups on files.

What is new in Version 7.1?
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* Enhanced Applications report for Domains that allows viewing Publisher,Readme file location,Size of installed applications.
* Enhanced Logon report for Users that allows viewing the Number of Logons made by users. 
* Enhanced Scheduled Tasks report that allows viewing settings flags of scheduled tasks.
* Enhanced Current Status report that allows viewing the Logon Server.
* Enhanced Operating System & HotFixes report that allows viewing the Service Pack and Fix Comments.
* Additional WMI based System Info reports (Environment Info).


 Newly added built-in reports.

Permission Reports:
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 List of all permissions for folders(Inherited & Explicit).
 List of effective permissions for users and groups on folders.
 List of effective permissions for users and groups on files.

What is new in Version 7.0?
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* A completely new GUI redesigned for superior user experience.
* Ability to navigate list of reports faster.
* Architected using the latest Microsoft .NET technology for better scalability and user experience.
* A completely new Report writing engine with advanced Print/Preview capbilities 
* Flexible Export feature to export reports to HTML / MDB / CSV / PDF / XLS / TIFF file format.
* Enhanced Policies reports.
* Plus a whole lot of minor improvements to the product.

What is new in Version 6.4?
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* Scan and generate reports on user-defined lists/groups of computers by using the Scan Profiles feature.
* Provision to import list of UNC paths to shared/non-shared folders for Permissions Built-in Reports.

What is new in Version 6.1?
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* Additional WMI based System Info reports (IE Configuration, Display Configuration).

What is new in Version 6.0?
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* New WMI based System Info reports.

What is new in Version 5.4?
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* Enhanced Status report for Users that allows viewing the Password Age of users. 
* Support for local date format in Power Export tool.

What's New in Version 5.3?
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New, Enhanced Permissions reports for selectively viewing folder and file permissions with Inherited and "Apply To"  information for specific users and groups. 

What's New in Version 5.2?
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Enhanced built-in reports with new Permissions reports for viewing folder permissions for specific users and groups  on folders selectively.

What's New in Version 5.0?
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Export reports using the 'Power Export' tool at scheduled intervals in different file formats.

What's New in Version 4.3?
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Provision to view folders' ownership and permissions up to a certain level in the folder hierarchy in a share.

What's New in Version 4.2?
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Reports the folders' ownership with inherited permissions

What's New in Version 4.1?
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Provision to scan a selected set of servers or the entire domain.

What's New in Version 4.0?
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Newly added built-in reports.

User Reports:
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 List privileges for all accounts
 Provision for Custom Groups in List all accounts who belong to a group

Resource Reports:
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 List all printers
 List all machines with their logical drives and their size
 List all scheduled tasks
 List all applications installed in a machine

What's New in Version 3.5?
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Built-in reports encompass some of the significant standard resource reports, and added to that, additional reports, all  of which could be generated across domains/servers.
The built-in report provides, reports on the following resource categories: 
	Domain reports
	User reports
	Resource reports

Domain Reports
Summary of trusted/trusting domains 
Summary of machines with their OS type, Server type and service pack 
Summary of machines running IIS/Exchange/SQL Server
Summary of machines running TCPIP services (FTP, telnet) 
Summary of machines that has auditing enabled 
 
User Reports 
Summary of Users/Groups/all accounts
Summary of disabled/locked out user accounts
Summary of user accounts whose Password never expires
Summary of accounts who belong to Administrators group
Summary of accounts who have LOG ON LOCALLY right
Summary of currently logged on users

Resource Reports
Summary of Shares with permissions


What is ARKWE?
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Admin Report Kit for Windows Enterprise (ARKWE) is a powerful reporting solution for the Microsoft Windows Network. ARKWE collects configuration information about Windows domains & servers, users/groups policies, events, services, installed applications, shares, permissions, printers, data sources etc. The reports are presented in a variety of formats that are simple, elegant and highly customizable for System Administrators, IT infrastructure Managers and Systems Audit personnel to use and act on. ARKWE's basket of Built-in reports provide powerful, ready-to-use reports that assist in both Management reporting and Compliance reporting requirements such as SOX and HIPPA. A single solution that serves your everyday needs of administrative tasks as well as complex data preparation tasks for assisting in compliance. 
ARKWE has been architected using the latest Microsoft .NET technology, bringing you the best-in-breed reporting solution for your entire Windows Network. ARKWE is highly optimized for performance (using native Windows API calls wherever appropriate), resulting in fast data collection of deeply embedded configuration data. Imagine scanning your vast network of workstations and servers without having to wait forever to see your reports! You can create data subsets for your network using our powerful scan options and meaningfully segment your entire network for data collection and reporting.

ARKWE supports current versions of Microsoft Windows Server (2000/2003) and localized versions of Windows Server, including German, Spanish and French.

System Requirements
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For the computer running ARKWE:

   *  Hardware: Intel Pentium Processor,  512 MB RAM and minimum of 20 MB of free disk space
  * Operating System: Windows 7 / Windows Vista  /  Windows XP  /  Windows Server 2008  /  Windows 2003  /  Windows 2000 with the latest service packs       	                     and  .NET Framework 3.0 or higher (32-bit or 64-bit platform)
  * Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) v2.5/2.6/2.8 only 

For the computers reported by ARKWE
Windows 7/Windows Vista/Windows XP/Windows Server 2008/Windows 2003/Windows 2000 with Microsoft Remote Registry Service enabled..

Installation
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Extract the Ark.zip file into a folder and run the "ARKWE_v7.4.1.msi".


Who can use ARKWE
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	- Systems Management Personnel
	- Systems Administrators
	- Other Microsoft network product developers
	- Microsoft Enterprise Network Trainers and Educators
	- Microsoft Enterprise Network Planning Personnel


Organizations that would benefit from ARKWE
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	- Companies having Microsoft Enterprise Network based LAN/WAN
	- Microsoft Windows based Data warehousing companies
	- Microsoft Windows based Internet Service Providers
	- Companies having Microsoft Enterprise Network based Intranets
	- Any company having Windows NT/2000/2003/2008 servers and planning to manage their systems


Features
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Hierarchical View
Provides a coherent hierarchical view of configuration information of the Domains and Systems in each domain from  any machine in the network.

Enterprise Domains
View all domains across the enterprise, their associated servers and trust relationships across domains.

Server Configuration Reports
User Accounts List of Users and their Account, Profile and Privileges information 
Group User-Groups and Group-Members information 
Policies Account Lockout, Audit Policies and User Rights Assignment 
Security Permissions, Rights and Privileges 
Events Application, Security, System logs and previously saved logs 
Services Installed services and their dependencies 
System Information System Summary including among other OS, Service Pack, Page File, and Processor information 
General Resources Shares, Disk Storage, Printers, Scheduled Tasks, Data Sources, Sessions, Open Files and  Replication 
Registry Information Registry Key's value and applied permissions 
Comparison Reports Comparison reports can be generated for Domains on 'Trust Relationships' and Servers on  various categories, viz. User, Policy, Service, resource and System configuration. 

Export Report
Flexible Export feature to export reports from ARKWE to MS-Access database /  HTML / XLS / PDF / TIFF / Comma  Separated Values (CSV) file format. Data Exportable into MS-Access database for archival purposes.

Preview and Print Report
Flexible print preview and print options to print the reports from ARKWE to any local/network printer.

Schedule Report generation
Schedule wizard allows selection of required fields to be fetched in scheduled intervals and stored as a report for any  number of servers across the network. Once selected for scheduling, Standard or Custom (predefined) report fetches  information in MS-Access, HTML/XLS/PDF/TIFF or CSV file formats.

Manage Favorite servers
Windows Servers that need special attention can be tracked using "My Favorites" tool

Filter and Customize data
Powerful Filter and Customize options to track and report only the desired information across different logical entities.

Multiple report formats
Scheduled report can be generated in HTML/CSV/MDB/XLS/PDF/TIFF formats or directed to a printer. User can  schedule the report generation at different intervals using advanced options while scheduling.


How to activate full version
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The activation facility is available only for ARKWE Evaluation software. To activate full version of the software, kindly  refer to the "Activate" option available in the About dialog of ARKWE Evaluation software.


How to contact Vyapin
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Phone: + 91-44 24717142, 24716872
E-mail: support@vyapin.com