Local or Network Scan

You can use MSIA to scan either a local machine or a Microsoft Windows Network. Use the Report Consolidation option to consolidate all existing reports.

If you want to scan a network, select Network as the scan mode.

You must have administrative rights over the network you chose to scan. MSIA will use the user name and password used to log on to the current machine as the default logon credentials.

Note: While creating Custom settings, the Network Configurations settings are disabled, as the logon credentials are not stored in the Custom settings file. Also if a scan is performed using a Custom settings file, network errors and insufficient user privileges are ignored and consequently corresponding machines are not scanned.

If you do not have administrative rights and you like to log in under a different name, click Login As. The Login As dialog box will appear and you can enter a different user name and password.

Before scanning, you must also specify what action to take if a network error occurs during the scan. The options are:

• Abort—quit the current operation
• Ignore— ignore the error, log it, and continue without required input
• Prompt—prompt for input and wait for response

You must also specify the action to take if there are user privilege issues:

• Ignore— ignore the error, log it, and continue without required input
• Prompt—prompt for input and wait for response

If you select Report Consolidation, MSIA will not scan any machines. Instead, it allows you to consolidate the existing reports.