HFNetChkPro 4 is a GUI based patch management tool. It stems from the HFNetChk tool that Microsoft distributes for free. This tool can be set up in only a couple of minutes.It can run on Windows 2000 SP3 or later, XP Professional, and Windows Server 2003 Family. As for clients, it supports Windows NT, 2000, and 2003 Server operating systems. Other prerequisites are MDAC, XML, and Jet.
This tool was the easiest package to use. The front end is very clean and within seconds the software would discover our machines and run a scan on them. It was just as easy to deploy the fixes. There were a few different ways in which you can scan and deploy fixes they were either by IP address, domain, or a group of machines. All in all a very intuitive product but it only deploys Microsoft patches.
Shavlik has two Australian resellers, Commander and New Wave Technologies. The price per licensed user also seems high compared to the other products in this review.
| Product | Shavlik HFNetChkPro |
| Price | 1-50 users + 1 console US$1,040; 1-1000 users + 5 consoles US $14,600 |
| Vendor | Shavlik |
| Phone | +1 612 331 6737 |
| Web | www.shavlik.com |
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| Runs on Windows machines | |
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| Scans and deploys but doesn't manage. | |
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| Very good for what it does but very expensive. | |
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| Local support may be hard to find. | |
| Rating |  ½ |
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