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smart attributes from wmi or powershell

Smartly — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:11:53 +0000

hi want to get the HDD smart attributes without using any vbs file or readymade tool

just looking towards wmi or powershell

please help me out

VB Script to Create a Scheduled Task on a Remote Machine Using Alternate Credentials

carlosdl — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:36:04 +0000

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WMI Critical error

Lilracoon — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:41:11 +0000

Hi Guys,
i get a critical error on my WMI is there a way to reinstall or repair it on windows 7

Software that detects serial numbers of system components

Sravanraji — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 03:29:27 +0000

Is there any software that detects serial numbers of all hardware components connected to a system

Need help editing a code (WMI)

GreatGordon2010 — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:30:49 +0000

This here is my current WMI code I’m using in a ConsoleApplication1.exe:

Dim wmiServices = GetObject("winmgmts:root/default")

Dim colTreeChanges = wmiServices.ExecNotificationQuery _

("SELECT * FROM RegistryTreeChangeEvent " _

& "WHERE Hive='HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE' " _

& "AND RootPath='SOFTWARE\\Microsoft'")

While (True)

Dim TreeChange = colTreeChanges.NextEvent

TreeChange.GetObjectText_()

Console.Write("Hive = " & TreeChange.Hive & vbNewLine _

& "RootPath = " & TreeChange.RootPath _

& TreeChange.GetObjectText_())

End While

This code helps detect all the changes inside the registry tree to monitor the installation of all programs. This is for a school project and I’m COMPLETELY NEW to Windows Management Instrumentation.

What I need to do now is the following:

1) Edit the code such that it only detects one instance of the output.

2) Also change the output such that it also shows the name of the program installed.

I already know how to redirect the output into the event viewer, but if anyone knows how to do the above, PLEASE help me. I only have about 4 weeks left till the end of this final year project.

set environment variable values from a remote system with wmi or by any means

Sivalanka — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:46:05 +0000

Hi,

Jerry Lees article on “Retrieving environment variables from a remot system with WMI” was very useful.
Do we have similar kind of technique to SET environment variables in a remote system?

Thanks,
Sudhakar

CreateObject(“Scripting.FilesystemObject”) in VBScript

JesseAGreen — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:37:43 +0000

I currenly have a HTA that has alot of code. Part of the code displays a pop up message with the usersname to confirm we are working with the correct client. I Couldnt use WMI since all of our laptops block WMI quiries so I had to get inventive. All computers here have a default share. The script below

1. Pings the COMPUTERDNSNAME, If there is a reply 2. it reads the contents of the following \\” & strComputer & “sic_c$Documents and Settings 3. If folder has been modifed in last 14 days it list the items in a popup box This acts as a conformation that the computername wasnt fatfigured, WMI would be alot better but not a option as they are not going to reconfigure the image firewall rules just for WMI to be active. I want to change the Last day to (100) since some of these PC dont have that folder writen to everyday.

So now my question. Is there anyway I can Exclude folder names from being listed? There are some accounts that show up in the list that I like to not show up. Such as NetworkService, XPRollout, All Users, Administrator ETC

SO is there a way i can EXCLUDE listing folders that = NetworkService, XPRollout, All Users, Administrator ETC

Here is a snippit of my code

Dim strComputer Dim WShell Dim fso, f, f1, fc, s, oLast Dim Msg

Sub Get_Login_Details    strComputer = txt_computer.value    if strComputer = “” Then    msgbox “Please enter a computer name or IP Address”,vbOKOnly,”No Computer Name or IP Address”    Exit Sub    End If    If Ping(strComputer) = False Then    msgbox strComputer & ” did not respond to ping. No action could be taken.”,vbOkOnly, “Cannot continue script.”    Exit Sub    End If      Set WShell = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)

oLast = DateAdd(“d”, -14, Now)

msgbox “Users who have logged on ” & strComputer & ” since ” & oLast & “:” & vbCrLf & ShowFolderList(“\\” & strComputer & “sic_c$Documents and Settings”) & vbcrlf & vbcrlf & vbcrlf & _            “Note: If no users are listed just insure you typed in the correct SIC#” & vbcrlf & vbcrlf

End Sub

function ShowFolderList(folderspec)    Set fso = CreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”)    Set f = fso.GetFolder(folderspec)    Set fc = f.SubFolders    For Each f1 In fc If DateValue(f1.DateLastModified) >= oLast Then       s = s & f1.name       s = s & VbCrLf End If    Next    ShowFolderList = s    set WShell = Nothing End Function

WMI error (context creation error) for advanced properties of network connection

Chaos13 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:43:46 +0000

When i try to open advanced properties of my network connection Windows complains about corrupted WMI, in the C:windowssystem32wbemlogswbemcore.log i noticed latest log entries:
(Sun Sep 27 23:18:58 2009.41777203) : CRITICAL ERROR: cannot create contexts: 80040154
(Sun Sep 27 23:18:58 2009.41777218) : Failure to initialize WinMgmt (hRes = 0x8004100A)
(Sun Sep 27 23:19:53 2009.41831843) : CRITICAL ERROR: cannot create contexts: 80040154
(Sun Sep 27 23:19:53 2009.41831843) : Failure to initialize WinMgmt (hRes = 0x8004100A)
(Sun Sep 27 23:25:44 2009.80390) : CRITICAL ERROR: cannot create contexts: 80040154
(Sun Sep 27 23:25:44 2009.80531) : Failure to initialize WinMgmt (hRes = 0x8004100A)
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IT Automation

Jkumbhani — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:15:22 +0000

How do you think is JMX and WMI is useful in IT Automation (RBA) ?

How do I get list of sessions from TS Session Broker?

Benya — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:07:10 +0000

Hello experts,

I have a problem of getting a list of sessions from TS Session Broker
(Windows Server 2008).

The question is how can we get a list of sessions on local computers without asking each computer but asking about theirs sessions from only Session Broker?

Is it possible to make by WMI?

Any help would be appreciated.