SOFTWARE USAGE statistics and reports, to evaluate software importance for licensing

[kycok]

As I can see, there's interesting feature in Windows's "Install/Uninstall Programs" Control Panel menu -> Usage: (rare/often/never...) for every item.

Will be just great if Lansweeper would scan for every PC's software label usage:
- Installation/update date, DATE
- Last run, DATE
- Total amount of runs, COUNT

..or extract same info from logs.

And reports about Software on Workstations:
- Never used in last 7 days
- Never used in last 30 days
- Never used in last 180 days
- Used less than 10 times/runs
- Never used since installation
- Installed 0-7 days ago
- Installed 8-30 days ago
- Installed 31-180 days ago
- Installed more than 180 days ago

It would be cool tool for licence management.

[Hemoco]

kycok wrote:
As I can see, there's interesting feature in Windows's "Install/Uninstall Programs" Control Panel menu -> Usage: (rare/often/never...) for every item.

The information in the add/remove programs is inaccurate and unusable, windows is just guessing for most of the applications.

[kycok]

Lansweeper wrote:
The information in the add/remove programs is inaccurate and unusable, windows is just guessing for most of the applications.

it's a pitty.

Small optional agent could send User's TaskManager/Applications runs to Lansweeper DB, will save a lot of $$$ with license management. This agent can be optionally initiated by extended version of lsclient to stay in processes till logoff, or just create optional extended version of lsclient with real-time local logging function and logs could be collected on next Lansweeper scan.

This could make Lansweeper exremly powerful with License management by using software real working time and also working time users.