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Additional functions of the Image Service

Overview of the installed software

In addition to the backup of your Windows computer, the Image Service generates the JSON file software_info with an overview of the software installed on the computer. This contains the following information:

  • Device name
  • Installation date
  • Version and build number of the operating system
  • Drives of the device
  • For each installed software:
    • Name of the software
    • Version
    • Manufacturer
    • Installation date

The software list is generated when the job is executed and can then be found in the backup in the client and server archive and, if a version is generated, directly in the Project tree.

This allows the software list to be compared with the list in the previous backup or the previous version.

Show software list

  • You can open the file directly from the Backup.zip file.
  • You can copy the Backup created with the job to a directory. Please note: The backup directory contains the entire image and can therefore be very large. This process can therefore take a very long time.
  • The procedure we recommend: Set the job configuration to create a new version in case of differences after job execution. You can then always open the latest software list directly via the Project tree in the UserClient.
    1. Activate the Enable automatic version creation checkbox.
    2. If differences are detected during job execution, a new version is created.
    3. Check out the created version in the UserClient.