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Compare Computers

Mred367

November 09, 2017 16:35

I am looking to compare two computers side by side so that I now what software that the second computer doesn't so I can install it on the new computer. I setup new computers and need a list of software that is installed on the old one to compare with the new laptop (or used). Is there a way to find this out besides just looking in PDQ inventory at the applications?

I used a different software before and it would show both computers and then highlight the same software side by side and also show software that was highlighted with newer or older software.

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9 comments

Callan Johnstone
January 23, 2018 08:16

Would be a cool feature! Awhile back when we migrated a special non-standard user to a new laptop, I exported the applications list of both machines (Select All > File > Save Data To File)
Then in excel I cut both 'Name' columns and put them into another excel then used the Go To Special > Row Differences. Some formatting was required to give accurate differences but gave me a clearer idea of what i was missing.

Hope it helps!

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Permanently deleted user
January 23, 2018 16:20

Thank you for your suggestion. I will create an internal feature request ticket for this. I have no ETA on when it could be implemented.

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Permanently deleted user
April 27, 2018 00:01

I created a SQL report that I believe does what you asked for. Your feature request is still pending. https://gist.github.com/Colby-PDQ/c03e7eee22a73c9b1dcbe81aaa9b18e6

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Mred367
April 27, 2018 13:41

Yes, that is what I want. Some more formatting on the reporting but looks good. Thanks for your help.

I need to add the versions and builds to the software list also.

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Noah Ferestad
March 01, 2019 20:31

Is this still on the table? Because I would use the $hit out of that function.

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Colby Bouma
May 20, 2019 18:26

I don't have any updates on the feature request, but I have created a SQL Report (2 variants) since then that I believe gets pretty close.

https://gist.github.com/Colby-PDQ/c03e7eee22a73c9b1dcbe81aaa9b18e6

https://gist.github.com/Colby-PDQ/133fdcc7596d8908d6f43a195b9e02f2

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Michael Parlett
May 25, 2021 16:08 (Edited May 25, 2021 16:24)

Any update to an official feature addon? Colby, the scripts you created work great!

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Reginald Merritt
June 21, 2021 14:31

We also put our hand up to see this as an official feature add on. Would be very handy when setting up an old available PC for a current user. Haven't used the script yet Colby but I'm sure it will work flawlessly :)

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Colby Bouma
June 22, 2021 01:45
I just added Compare-PdqInventoryComputers to PdqStuff (version 1.3.0).

I recommend reading the help to see some examples.
```
Install-Module -Name 'PdqStuff'
Import-Module -Name 'PdqStuff'
Get-Help Compare-PdqInventoryComputers -Full
```
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