NALalyse v1.0.0 BETA - Feature List - 30/5/2004
Although not exhaustive, this document should give some idea of what functions NALalyse currently performs along with of the type of issues that NALalyse can currently detect and suggest resolutions for.
Features
1. Easy browsing of one or more authenticated eDirectory trees
2. Quick selection of multiple application objects for NALalysis
3. Ability to quickly find specific registry, macro, INI, text or files through-out selected applications
4. Detection of numerous common and not so common Network Application Launcher object errors (see below)
5. Suggested resolutions for any detected issues
6. Storage of each NALalysis in a local database with user specified description for future cross reference
7. Production of various reports upon stored NALalysis databases, including summary of application flags, Registry and FIL & INI entries, Applications Fingerprints, Run Orders
Current Issues Detected
1. Application objects which are slow to distribute due to complex or excessive INI file entries
2. Slow to distribute objects due to complex or excessive text file entries
3. Applications without Administrator Notes
4. Applications without Associations
5. Applications without any Description
6. Accidental distribution of .BAK files
7. Accidental distribution of compressed files
8. Accidental distribution of temp MSI installer files
9. Accidental distribution of Windows registry backup files
10. Accidental distribution of temp files generated by the InstallShield installer
11. Accidental distribution of Windows DLL cache related files
12. Accidental distribution of memory dump files
13. Accidental distribution of Windows Icon Cache files
14. Distribution of user specific Internet Explorer History files
15. Distribution of user specific temporary data
16. Macro syntax errors
17. Windows registry related files
18. Distribution of .OLD files
19. Distribution of Windows Paging/Swap files
20. Distribution of temp performance data files
21. Opportunities to make applications more O/S portable
22. Distribution of Windows O/S pre-fetch files
23. Distribution of Windows scheduler log files
24. Distribution of Incorrectly flagged system DLLs
25. Distribution of *.tmp files
26. Distribution of ~* files
27. Distribution of Internet Explorer cache data
28. Distribution of InstallShield uninstall related files
29. Distribution of Wise uninstall related files
30. Distribution of machine specific registry data
31. Distribution of machine specific anti-virus logs
32. Distribution of files from the Windows temp directory
33. Invalid Short Target Path macros
34. Use of UNC paths within macros, files and registry instead of drive mappings
35. Invalid Run Orders