Hi all,
I am using the latest version of SDP (8003), and I am having a problem with "Manufacturers" (mandatory field). These are recognized when a workstation is scanned and automatically added to the database. But it turns out that software manufacturers not always use a standard name, so you will end up with something like "Adobe Systems", "Adobe Inc." "Adobe Incorporated", all of them being the same! and having software linked to them. SDP 8 does not allow to change/edit the name of the manufacturer from the scanned software information page nor to MERGE the software linked to the different names found by the scanning process under a unique manufacturer name, so that all the Adobe software will fall under a unique "Adobe Systems Inc." Manufacturer. I know it can be done by tampering the database directly, but I do not want to do that. Also of you merged the common manufacturers directly in the database, after you scan you will have the names back again
Another option could be modifying the registry of the client PCs and standardize the manufacturer names, aauchhh!