SMS: HowTo Determine if a File is "Known" or "Unknown"

SUMMARY

Systems Management Server 2.0 can perform software inventory based on file type using a wildcard character. The default is to search for .exe files (*.exe), but you can modify this to search for any file type.

Note that unlike in Systems Management Server 1.2, you cannot look for a specific file, such as Notepad.exe, you can only search for the file extension type.

When you examine the data in Resource Explorer for a specific client, the files are listed under either the Manufacturer or Unknown Files tree in Microsoft Management Console (MMC).