We have slightly modified a tool from Rob C. Maehl (https://github.com/rcmaehl/WhyNotWin11) for two purposes:

• It checks whether the computer on which the tool is executed is sufficient to install Win11.
• In addition, data about the computer (CPU, memory, network information, ...) are sent to ICBM-IT - these can be viewed before sending, no directly personal data are included.

Please download the executable programme under the link

WhyNotWin11-ICBM.exe

To run the programme:

• Start the downloaded programme - please skip the warning regarding the missing certification.
• After a short time, the result of the Win11 check should be displayed.
• The programme can then be closed using the 'x' in the top right-hand corner. The data that will be transferred to us will then be displayed - please agree to this transfer. This data is also saved locally on the computer and can also be emailed to us.
• Once you have agreed, you will be asked to enter the room in the format W3 5-504. If this is a notebook or the computer is used outside the university, please enter the university office room number.
• At the end a window with "Result saved ok" should appear.

If errors occur, please send a screenshot with the error message to .

We have prepared scripts to simplify the registration of MACs and Linux computers. These collect information similar to WhyNotWin11 from above, save it in a text file and transfer it to our server from where the data is automatically entered into a database.

To do this, open a terminal on the MAC or Linux computer and copy the appropriate command into the terminal and send it (Return)

• on the MAC:bash <(curl -Ls icbm.de/it/scanmac)
• under Linux: bash <(curl -Ls icbm.de/it/scanlinux)

Under Linux, sudo is required to read the PC UUID and serial number - otherwise the data must be entered manually. Otherwise, the user name (as contact person), the room in which the device is located (for notebooks, for example, the university office where the user is usually to be found) and the inventory number (if known) are requested

If you want to view the text file first before sending the data, you can also call the respective script with -P at the end and view the text first with cat "/tmp/computerconfig-$USER". (Afterwards, please call the script again without -P, the defaults in [] can simply be accepted with Return.)