Compaq 100 armada 100s Manuales De Servicio

Writer: David Calvert    Saved by: The Integrity Group    Saved date: 09/27/00 9:48 AM

Part Number: 177485-002    File name: Ch01

Compaq Configuration Record Utility is an online information-gathering
tool meant to replace the DOS-based Inspect utility. It runs from within
Windows and gathers critical hardware and software information from
various sources to give a complete view of the computer. The Compaq
Configuration Record Utility delivers comprehensive configuration
capture, provides a means for automatically identifying and comparing
configuration changes, and has the ability to maintain a computer
configuration history. The information can be saved as a history of
multiple sessions.

The Compaq Configuration Record Utility captures data as sessions; a
session is defined as an organized group of data describing the
configured state of the system at a specific point in time.

The session information is maintained in a log file, located in the same
directory as the executable portion of the program. This file contains all
of the ASCII text configuration information captured for a session. This
file can be analyzed locally by the Configuration Record Utility, or it can
be sent to another location such as a help center, or to Compaq.

The sessions are organized as two distinct types:

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Active—The Active session (referenced as session now.log) is the
most recent information captured. The utility overwrites this session
each time a sample is taken.

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Original—The Original session (referenced as session base.log) is
the first session sampled. The Compaq Configuration Record Utility
will treat this session as a “master configuration,” and the utility will
never overwrite this session.