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Faronics System Profiler Standard User Guide
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Last modified: May, 2009
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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Important Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
About Faronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Product Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Contact Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Faronics System Profiler Standard Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
About Faronics System Profiler Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Running Faronics System Profiler Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Running Faronics System Profiler Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Accessing Faronics System Profiler Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using Faronics System Profiler Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Faronics System Profiler Standard Nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Summary Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Faronics Software Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Machine Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Operating System Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hardware Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Running Programs Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installed Applications Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Help Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Opening an Existing Faronics System Profiler Standard Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Saving a Faronics System Profiler Standard Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Sending a Faronics System Profiler Standard Report to Faronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Closing Faronics System Profiler Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

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Preface
This user guide explains how to run and use Faronics System Profiler Standard.
Topics
Important Information
Technical Support

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Important Information
This section contains important information about your Faronics Product.
About Faronics
Faronics delivers market-leading solutions that help manage, simplify, and secure complex IT
environments. Our products ensure 100% machine availability, and have dramatically impacted
the day-to-day lives of thousands of information technology professionals. Fueled by a
market-centric focus, Faronics’ technology innovations benefit educational institutions, health
care facilities, libraries, government organizations, and corporations.
Product Documentation
The following documents form the Faronics System Profiler Standard documentation set:
•Faronics System Profiler Standard User Guide — This document guides you how to use the
product.
•Faronics System Profiler Standard Release Notes — This document lists the new features,
known issues, and closed issues.
•Faronics System Profiler Standard readme.txt

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Technical Support
Every effort has been made to design this software for ease of use and to be problem free. If
problems are encountered, contact Technical Support
Email: [email protected]
Phone: [phone] or 604-637-3333
Hours: 7:00am to 5:00pm (Pacific Time)
Contact Information
•Web:www.faronics.com
• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: [phone] or 1-604-637-3333
• Fax: [phone] or 1-604-637-8188
• Hours: 7:00am to 5:00pm (Pacific Time)
• Address: Faronics Technologies USA Inc.
2411 Old Crow Canyon Road, Suite 170
San Ramon, CA 94583
USA
Faronics Corporation
609 Granville Street, Suite 620
Vancouver, BC V7Y 1G5
Canada

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Introduction
Faronics System Profiler Standard is a utility that generates a detailed inventory of a
workstation’s configuration and properties.
Topics
Faronics System Profiler Standard Overview
System Requirements

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Faronics System Profiler Standard Overview
About Faronics System Profiler Standard
Faronics System Profiler Standard provides both a summary and detailed report of the following
components of a system:
• Summary — a complete snapshot of the system in brief.
•FaronicsSoftware
—NameofFaronicsSoftware
—Version
— Install directory
— Driver name
— Driver status
— Product-specific information
•Machine
•OperatingSystem
• Hardware
— Desktop Monitor
—PhysicalDrives
— Logical Drives
—PhysicalMemory
—Cache
—CPU
—BIOS
—Motherboard
— Network Connection
• Running Programs
• Installed Applications

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System Requirements
The system requirements for Faronics System Profiler Standard are:
• Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server,
and Windows 2008 Server.
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.

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Running Faronics System Profiler Standard
This chapter describes how to run Faronics System Profiler Standard.
Topics
Running Faronics System Profiler Standard

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Running Faronics System Profiler Standard
To run Faronics System Profiler Standard, complete the following steps:
1. Double-click the .exe file run Faronics System Profiler Standard.
2. Read and accept the License Agreement. The License Agreement is displayed only when
Faronics System Profiler Standard is run for the first time. Click OK to continue.
3. The report is generated.
4. Faronics System Profiler Standard is launched with the report.

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Accessing Faronics System Profiler Standard
Faronics System Profiler Standard can be accessed by double-clicking the Faronics System
Profiler.exe file.
Faronics System Profiler Standard does not install anything on your computer.
However, Faronics System Profiler Standard marks the registry that you have
accepted the License Agreement.

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Using Faronics System Profiler Standard
This chapter explains how to use Faronics System Profiler Standard.
Topics
Faronics System Profiler Standard Nodes
Summary Node
Faronics Software Node
Machine Node
Operating System Node
Hardware Node
Running Programs Node
Installed Applications Node
Help Menu
Opening an Existing Faronics System Profiler Standard Report
Saving a Faronics System Profiler Standard Report
Sending a Faronics System Profiler Standard Report to Faronics
Closing Faronics System Profiler Standard

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Faronics System Profiler Standard Nodes
Faronics System Profiler Standard provides various nodes to display the system components.
Click the node to view the sub-node in the category.

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Summary Node
The Summary node displays the entire system summary:

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Faronics Software Node
The Faronics Software node displays the entire list of Faronics Software as sub-nodes:
The Faronics Software node displays the following information:
•NameofFaronicsSoftware
•Version
• Install directory
• Driver name
• Driver status
• Product-specific information

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Machine Node
The Machine node displays the system configuration and settings:

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Operating System Node
The Operating System node displays the configuration and settings of the Operating System
installed on the system: