N.E.W.T.

[Tramp]

An invaluable freeware administrator tool, N.E.W.T. scans all remote
networked machines on single or all domains and attempts to retrieve a
wealth of detailed information. It shows this data in a spreadsheet-
like format for a concise, overall view of your network.

NEWT Freeware is now better than ever! Version 1.0 adds a many more
features and fixes many issues in last year's release of v.99.

Features:

Lists Machine Name, IP Address, CPU Mhz./Number of CPUs, Operating
System & Service Pack Info, Date and Time, Uptime, MAC Address, User
Name, Domain Name and Machine Comments
Export data to HTML, CSV (Comma Separated Value), and plain fixed-spaced
text files
Sends popup messages to any or all remote NT machines
Pings computers by IP address
Reboot or shutdown remote machines with countdown and the ability to
abort
Sort ascending or descending by any column
Columns can be moved and resized. Positions and sizes are saved at
program exit
Requires no software agents installed on remote machines
No setup or installation required, simply extract and run the executable
Requirements: Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or WindowsXP.

Highly Recommended: Windows 2000/NT 4.0, 1280x960 screen resolution

N.E.W.T. was not made to run on Windows 98 or ME. NetBIOS must be
enabled and you must have privileges on local and network machines for
many functions to work. NetBIOS is enabled by default during most
Windows installations.
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[Richard Steven Hack]

An invaluable freeware administrator tool, N.E.W.T. scans all remote
networked machines on single or all domains and attempts to retrieve a
wealth of detailed information. It shows this data in a spreadsheet-
like format for a concise, overall view of your network.

Some people might consider this "crippleware" as this is a commercial
product with a free unlimited time evaluation limited to ten machines
on the network.

I don't find the ten machine limit a problem, but some people might
consider it crippleware because of that.