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Welcome to Hammer Software

 
At Hammer Software we develop Windows network systems management and network utility software aimed at reducing the total cost of ownership of a Windows IS infrastructure. We provide innovative, efficient, quality software and prompt support. Read about our "Simply Powerful by Design™" Principle.
 
 
 

MetaLAN Systems Management

MetaLAN is a software suite that enables network administrators and help desk / support staff to respond quickly to network-service and user issues while providing quick access to hardware, network and software configurations and status information. MetaLAN offers a dramatic time saving in planning, managing and day to day support of a Windows based computer network.
 

Features

Agent-less operation. NT/2K/XP/2003/Vista clients will fully integrate with MetaLAN without the need to visit or install an agent.
Remote control.
Software license compliance (in server mode).
Shutdown or Reboot groups of computers.
Monitor health. Quickly check performance and ascertain if there is a problem with a computer or server.
Wake On LAN (WOL). Wake groups of computers.
Remote software installation.
Monitor processes. View processes on remote computers. Stop errant proccess or start new ones.
WMI query from a computers WMI database. Get information not available anywhere else like RAM slot usage and much more.
Reporting for global OS, hardware and software installations and configurations.
Easy export of data to standard portable CSV format.
Save reports to HTML for portability and easy presentation.
Software Tool for finding all installs of particular software on the network.
Enquire from and conditionally modify node registries real-time.
Standalone or Server modes.
 
MetaLAN in Technet Magazine
 
1st March 2008 Check out the review in Microsoft's March 2008 edition of Technet Magazine.
MetaLAN 1.8.12.153 Released
 
26 October 2007 Changes in this version :
Improved VNC Service detection for computers already running VNC.
Simplified dialog when connecting to pre-existing VNC install.
Added configurable detection via services.txt file in VNC directory.
Fixed unexpected program termination when using ADSI.
 
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License Manager 1.1.3.18 Released
 
22nd Febuary 2008 Changes:
Fixed incorrect license status when license count changes
Fixed license count refresh
Added single write multi read ability
 
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New Knowledgebase Launched
 
19th January 2008 If you want to know the answer to common questions and issues go here: Knowledgebase
License Manager 1.1.2.17 Released
 
3rd Novenber 2007 Changes:
Improved interface
Copy report data to clipboard, compatible with Excel
Added reporting
 
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Hammer Software Knowledgebase
 
If you want to know the answer to common questions and issues go here: Knowledgebase
Group Policy for MetaLAN
 
If MetaLAN will not manage or control Windows XP Service Pack 2 and above computers it may be due to the Windows Firewall. Click one the following links to get a guide on how to create a Group Policy to configure Windows Firewall for remote management.
HTML: MetaLAN Group Policy
PDF : MetaLAN Group Policy
Using MetaLAN in Server Mode
 
MetaLAN™ can run as a standalone application. However, using ProbeServer will reduce and distribute the network load required for data collection. ProbeServer offers a central location for the collection and distribution of the data collected from the computers on the network. Best of all, ProbeServer is free when you buy MetaLAN.
HTML: ProbeSevrer Guide
PDF : ProbeSevrer Guide