My understanding of the application is that it searches a user defined hard drive looking for executables, I also believe it does a check on the BIOS... When if finds an executable it retrieves certain properties of the executable, such as version, etc... It then compares this against an ISAM database that is shipped with the product... The database is a collection of version specific commercial application entries, it's associated Y2K problems, and the name of the vendor patch for this problem... The database can also be updated as additions and changes are made, much like the way virus lists are done with virus protection software... I have also read that the URL for the patch is given... It then reports what your problem applications are and what you need to do to fix them... Not Rocket Science, but it sure speeds things up when you have to check multiple machines and you want to do it without getting intimately aquainted with each one of them and you don't what to have to spend hours on a company's website looking for a patch to a 5 year old, $50 piece of software that you should upgrade to a newer version anyhow...
Where people are at risk - 1. Custom applications 2. Applications of Vendors that are not covered in their database It would be a nice feature it the Y2K application would also list programs that it finds that are not contained in it's database, maybe it does...
This is all my take on the software from looking at the 11th Hour site... I could be off the mark, but I doubt it... Like I said before, it's not rocket science, but it will be a great help to people who either have better things to do with their resources or those who are not absolutely sure what their looking for... |
