Dell Service Tag

Hey guys this might be a weird question but....

Does anyone know if there is a way to write a program and pull the service tag information from the bios off Dell Computers.

Cause I just found out that dell is replacing all the hard drives from a whole bunch of machines that we got from them which particular service tags. Now I have access to those machine via VPN but I don't know how I can write a program that with run through a whole subnet of ip's for example

192.168.1.0 - 192.168.1.254 and display the service tag for all the ip's it scanned through..

If anyone has any idea comments/suggestion they are more than welcommed.


Thanks
ScarEye

I can't say if its possible to get the service tag info via VB (i would guess the answer is NO, but I could be wrong)

what I can say is there IS in fact a way to do it via code, there is no way you could do it without running the code on the machine itself... for example you couldn't just run an app from one computer that can check the bios of another computer simply by its IP...

Last month I watched a DELL service guy (actually independent tech) replace the mother board on a laptop at one of my customer sites...

When he was done he then popped a CD into the machine and not only displayed the service tag but also changed it to match the old motherboard.

If DELL is doing this to you - maybe you can ask them for a program to display the service tag.

okay after doing some research I found using Windows Managment Instrumentation can show me the the serial number that is stored in the bios. Now there has to be a way I can connect to my remote machine WMI and pull this info.

Does this information help any ?

The Win32_BIOS WMI class represents the attributes of the computer system's basic input/output services (BIOS) that are installed on the computer.. But I think this applies to VB5 & VB6 =(
there has to be something for .net also.


kleinma, thanks for your reply. But what do you think about the information I posted above ?

szlamany, I called up Dell and the tech that I spoke to said it can't be done. And I say YES it can. Also the software that your are talking about where I can change the information inside the BIOS to refelect another motherboard I have that and you can probably download it. It's called Dell Portable Asset Tag Utility.

Any more thoughts ???


Thanks
ScarEye

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ScarEye

szlamany, I called up Dell and the tech that I spoke to said it can't be done. And I say YES it can. Also the software that your are talking about where I can change the information inside the BIOS to refelect another motherboard I have that and you can probably download it. It's called Dell Portable Asset Tag Utility.

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The fact that the Dell Portable Asset Tag Utility can show and change the value proved the Dell tech wrong!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ScarEye

okay after doing some research I found using Windows Managment Instrumentation can show me the the serial number that is stored in the bios. Now there has to be a way I can connect to my remote machine WMI and pull this info.

Does this information help any ?

The Win32_BIOS WMI class represents the attributes of the computer system's basic input/output services (BIOS) that are installed on the computer.. But I think this applies to VB5 & VB6 =(
there has to be something for .net also.


kleinma, thanks for your reply. But what do you think about the information I posted above ?

szlamany, I called up Dell and the tech that I spoke to said it can't be done. And I say YES it can. Also the software that your are talking about where I can change the information inside the BIOS to refelect another motherboard I have that and you can probably download it. It's called Dell Portable Asset Tag Utility.

Any more thoughts ???


Thanks
ScarEye

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I think you would still need a "client" app running on each machine in order for you to connect to these machines via IP to get ANY information from them out of the BIOS... there just isn't a way you can take an IP, and using that IP obtain BIOS information from the remote computer, WMI doesn't have any "remote" capabilities like what you describe :(

kleinma,

I am just doing some research and I did find this. Tell me what you
think. I am still a n00b so that's why I am asking for everyones help


http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e_computer.asp



Thanks

I can almost guarantee someone else is going to be looking for this badly.

Anyway after a whole bunch of research and trial and error I got it.

Take this open up notepad, save it as whatever you want .vbs

PLEASE NOTE **This Will Display The Service Tag On Dell Computers**
So far every Dell machine I have tried it has worked. it will basically just
read the serial number that is located in the BIOS. Just happens that with Dell the Serial Number = Service Tag = The information I need... lol

I didn't need any other information so that's all I coded in there.


strComputer = "PRIVATE IP ADDRESS OR DNS NAME GOES HERE"
Set objSWbemLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
Set objWMIService = objSWbemLocator.ConnectServer _
(strComputer, "root\cimv2", _
"DOMAIN\USER", "PASSWORD")
Set colSMBIOS = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_SystemEnclosure")
For Each objSMBIOS in colSMBIOS
Wscript.Echo "Serial Number: " _
& objSMBIOS.SerialNumber
Next


Fill in - strComputer = "192.168.1.1" or strComputer = "domaincontroller"
Fill in - strComputer, "root\cimv2", _ "DC\ID10T", "PEBKAC")

Now will this work over a public IP ? I would think so |?|?| it might as long as you accept whatever port is required on the other end.

But I am not 100% sure I haven't tried it.


But I know this code work perfectly as long as the WMI is running on the machine your trying to connect to. NO other client software is required. I am going to make this alittle better and I will post it up here when I am done.


It's 4:17am time to go to bed.

Enjoy

ScarEye


P.S. this does scan through a whole subnet or anything just single IP. I know of a way to have a iplist.txt file and put all your private ip's in that list and it will just go through every single one of them and just do a loop. If you need that just reply to this thread. Hopefully I am still alive by then.

At work here I had to do the same thing. The problem is that WMI doesen't let you use IP address like this. Somehow your going to have to turn that IP address into a NetBios name that you can use WMI with. Once you have that the rest is easy.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Porsche944

At work here I had to do the same thing. The problem is that WMI doesen't let you use IP address like this. Somehow your going to have to turn that IP address into a NetBios name that you can use WMI with. Once you have that the rest is easy.

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You are wrong my friend. I don't know why you would say WMI does not let you use and IP address and that we have to use Netbios, I have ran this script on 400 computers over a vpn throughout the 5 borough's of New York and this has worked PERFECTLY. Using strictly IP address.

"P.S. this does scan through a whole subnet or anything just single IP. I know of a way to have a iplist.txt file and put all your private ip's in that list and it will just go through every single one of them and just do a loop. If you need that just reply to this thread. Hopefully I am still alive by then."

Can you post that for me please? (To make the iplist.txt and make your program go thru that list)
Thank you

Hey, for what it's worth, we did get this working at my work - we have a vb script that we run on our server, it connects to each PC and collects a variety of information - including the dell service tag number - and puts it all into an xml form (or csv file? I can't remember).

Anyway, if you still need it, I can see about pulling the required info from our vbscript and post it on here.

i sure hope they aren't still looking for a solution a year later :eek: :bigyello:

Either way, it still beats Dell's turnaround time for service. :X

Haha... I didn't even notice the date on it! My mistake :)

You're right though, Dell does take forever to respond.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by b_girl

Haha... I didn't even notice the date on it! My mistake :)

You're right though, Dell does take forever to respond.

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its ok.. it's not the biggest gap in responses.. i have seen 3-4 years :bigyello:

For what it's worth...

My DELL experiences have been great...

LCD monitor over a year outside of warranty - but had a black-line traveling from top to bottom - they replaced it anyway...

SERVER started to die - seemed like network card issues - ended up being an attack on the OS from a hacker - DELL support helped figure that out with us so we could nuke the machine and re-install...

Just thought I would mention that ;)

Gateway, 6 years ago, would put me on hold - and then after 5 minutes come back on and say (electronically!) "there was no one able to help me in a reasonable amount of time" and then hang up on me - but they aren't really around anymore - are they?

just another reason why I build my own PCs :)

Dell is usually alright I guess, but we've had quite a few disasters with them in the past. They came to replace a fan in one of our servers once, and the muppet they sent ended up wiping all the data out! Thankfully we had a full backup of everything... After that day, we always made sure one of our engineers was on site whenever a Dell engineer would show up. *sigh*

found these forums through Google and joined right away. Hey b_girl if I could get you to post your working service tag code that would be great.

Headin, you could even try to send her a private message.

ya, just found those features, thanks

The code below is done in VB Script... It'll pull out the Service Tag and display it in a pop up window. Hope that helps. :)

Set objWMIservice = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
set colitems = objWMIservice.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_BIOS",,48)
For each objitem in colitems
Wscript.echo "Dell Service Tag: " & objitem.serialnumber
Next

If you had LANDesk, you could do it.

Can anyone translate that to VB.net instead of VB script...sorry I am just not clear enough on WMI to get the translation down. (just need to pull service tag from local system)

Hey, I'm actually new to VB.Net and VB so I'm afraid I won't be much help with 'translating' from VB script.

Sorry...

Assuming:
you have added a reference to System.Management
you have the line

VB Code:

Imports System.Management

at the top of the code file, then this function will get the local machines tag:

VB Code:

Private Function GetMyTag() As String
        Dim query As New SelectQuery("Win32_BIOS")
        Dim searcher As New ManagementObjectSearcher(query)
        Dim results As ManagementObjectCollection = searcher.Get
        Dim enumerator As ManagementObjectCollection.ManagementObjectEnumerator = results.GetEnumerator
        enumerator.MoveNext()
        Dim properties As ManagementObject = enumerator.Current
        Dim dellTag As String = properties("SerialNumber").ToString
        searcher.Dispose()
        results.Dispose()
        enumerator.Dispose()
        properties.Dispose()
        Return dellTag
    End Function

I can't test this next function, for retrieving remote compter info. I get Access Denied errors with my home workgroup based network. It should be fine if you have a domain network and use a suitable user account. More on connecting here:
msdn: connecting to wmi on a remote computer

VB Code:

Function GetDellTag(ByVal remotePath As String) As String
        Dim co As New ConnectionOptions
        co.Username = "Username"
        co.Password = "Password"
        ' e.g. remotePath = "\\Server1" or remotePath = "\\192.168.0.1"
        Dim ms As New ManagementScope(remotePath & "\Root\cimv2", co)
        Dim query As New System.Management.ObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_BIOS")
        Dim searcher As New ManagementObjectSearcher(ms, query)
        Dim results As ManagementObjectCollection = searcher.Get
        Dim enumerator As ManagementObjectCollection.ManagementObjectEnumerator = results.GetEnumerator
        enumerator.MoveNext()
        Dim properties As ManagementObject = enumerator.Current
        Dim dellTag As String = properties("SerialNumber").ToString
        searcher.Dispose()
        results.Dispose()
        enumerator.Dispose()
        properties.Dispose()
        Return dellTag
    End Function

Thanks soooo much. Turns out the sloppy conversion I did from script to VB acually worked, just my test system did not have a service code in its bios.... next dell I went to worked like a charm.

I have written a script that shows user name, computer ID, and Dell Service Tag. When I output the info using Wscript.echo it will output each of the three listed above in individual messageboxes. I change the code so it outputs to one message box but i cant get the output to go to a newline. It displays all on the same line. Here is my code.

' VBScript source code
Option Explicit
Dim objWshShell, colitems, objWMIservice, objitem, strUserName, strComputerName
Set objWshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strUserName = objWshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%USERNAME%") ' Locates Username
strComputerName = objWshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%COMPUTERNAME%") ' Locates Computer Name
Set objWMIservice = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
set colitems = objWMIservice.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_BIOS",,48)
For each objitem in colitems ' Locates Dell Service Tag
Wscript.echo " User Name: " + strUserName & " Computer Name: " + strComputerName &_
" Dell Service Tag: " & objitem.serialnumber ' Displays
Next



What is the code to make the output UserName ***** then have Computer name go to the Newline?

'Connect to WMI namespace
Dim objWshShell, colitems, objWMIservice, objitem, strUserName, strComputerName
Set objWshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strUserName = objWshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%USERNAME%") ' Locates Username
strComputerName = objWshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%COMPUTERNAME%") ' Locates Computer Name
Set objWMIservice = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
set colitems = objWMIservice.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_BIOS",,48)
For each objitem in colitems ' Locates Dell Service Tag
'Output
Wscript.echo " User Name: " & strUserName & vbcr _
& " Computer Name: " & strComputerName & vbcr _
& " Dell Service Tag: " & objitem.serialnumber
Next





that shoud do the trick for you

Here is a utility that I use within my network to get service tag and other info from my desktop. It will also let you know who is logged on to the machine if someone is logged on.

Just copy the text below and paste into a notepad. then rename the file with .vbs extention. I would suggest running the script with elevated rights so that any active directory authentication or what not can be detoured. When you run the script just type in the computer name or IP address.

enjoy.
---------copy from here down---------

vb.net Code:

On Error Resume Next
 
do while strcomputer = "" and a < 2
  strcomputer = Inputbox ("Please enter IP address or Computer name","Remote Computer Information Display","IP is preferred search method")
  strcomputer = trim(strcomputer)
  a = a + 1
loop
if not strComputer <> "" then
 wscript.echo "No computer name entered, ending script"
 wscript.quit
end if
 
On Error Resume Next 
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2")
if err.number <> 0 then
 if err.number = -2147217405 then
  wscript.echo "You do not have sufficient access rights to this computer"
  wscript.quit
  else
  wscript.echo "Could not locate computer" &vbcrlf& "Please check IP Address/Computer Name and try again"
  wscript.quit
 end if
end if
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_BIOS")
Set colItems1 = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem")
Set colItems2 = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration Where IPEnabled = True")
Set colitems3 = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_computersystem")
Set colitems4 = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkLoginProfile")
Set colitems5 = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_LogicalDisk Where DriveType = 3")
 
 
Set objExplorer = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
objExplorer.Navigate "about:blank"
objExplorer.ToolBar = 0
objExplorer.StatusBar = 0
objExplorer.Width = 800
objExplorer.Height = 600
objExplorer.Left = 100
objExplorer.Top = 100
objExplorer.Visible = 1
 
Do While (objExplorer.Busy)
Loop
 
 
 
Set objDocument = objExplorer.Document
objDocument.Open
objDocument.Writeln "<html><head><title>Computer Information</title></head>"
objDocument.Writeln "<body bgcolor='white'>"
 
' Computer Detals
 
For Each objItem In colItems 
 serial = objitem.serialnumber
next 
For Each objItem In colItems1
 hostname = objitem.caption
 make = objitem.manufacturer
 model = objitem.model
next
 
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT color='red' size=4>Computer Information For: " & Ucase(hostname) & "</FONT><BR><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'>Serial : " & Serial & "</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'>Make : " & make & "</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'>Model : " & Model & "</FONT><BR>"
 
For Each objItem In colItems5
 driveletter = objitem.name
 capacity = ((objitem.size / 1024) / 1024) / 1024
 free = ((objitem.FreeSpace / 1024) / 1024) / 1024
 free = FormatNumber (free,2)
 capacity = FormatNumber (capacity,2)
 
 
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'>Capacity of " &driveletter& " - " & capacity & "GB</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'>Free Space on " &driveletter& " - " & Free & "GB</FONT><BR>"
 
next
 
objDocument.Writeln "<BR><FONT color='Blue' size=4>Please Wait, gathering more information...</FONT><BR><BR>"
 
' User Details
 
For Each objItem In colItems3
 loggedon = objitem.username
next
For Each objItem In colItems4
 cachedlog = objitem.name
 username = objitem.FullName
 passwordexpire = objitem.passwordexpires
 badpassword = objitem.badpasswordcount
 if loggedon = cachedlog then
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT color='red' size=4>User Information For...</FONT><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT color='red' size=4>" & username & "</FONT><BR><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'> User Name :" & loggedon &"</FONT><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Incorrect Password Attempts : " & badpassword &"</FONT><BR>"
  on error resume next
  Set objaccount = GetObject("WinNT://**********/" &objitem.caption & ",user")
  if Err.Number <> 0 Then
   objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'>unable to retrieve password expiration information</FONT><BR>"
  Else
   If objAccount.PasswordExpired = 1 Then
    objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='red'>Password has Expired!</FONT><BR>"
   Else
    objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'>Password Expires " & objAccount.PasswordExpirationDate & " </FONT><BR><BR>"
   end if
  end if
 end if
next
 
' Network Adapter Details
 
For Each objItem In colItems2
 ipaddress = objitem.ipaddress(0)
 description = objitem.description
 DHCP = objitem.DHCPserver
 Domain = objitem.DNSdomain 
 mac = objitem.MACaddress
 DNS = objitem.dnsserversearchorder(0)
 DNS1 = objitem.dnsserversearchorder(1)
 DNS2 = objitem.dnsserversearchorder(2)
 wins1 = objitem.winsprimaryserver
 wins2 = objitem.winssecondaryserver
 
 if not ipaddress = "0.0.0.0" then
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT color='red' size=4>Network Adapter Details For...</FONT><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT color='red' size=4>" & description & "</FONT><BR><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'> IP Address :" & ipaddress &"</FONT><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> DHCP Server : " & DHCP &"</FONT><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Domain Name : " & domain &"</FONT><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> MAC Address : " & mac &"</FONT><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Primary DNS : " & DNS &"</FONT><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Secondary DNS : " & DNS1 &"</FONT><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Tertiary DNS : " & DNS2 &"</FONT><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Primary WINS : " & wins1 &"</FONT><BR>"
  objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Secondary WINS : " & WINS2 &"</FONT><BR><BR>"
 end if
next
 
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT color='Blue' size=4>Script Finished</FONT><BR><BR>"

Cool, thanks for the new script. =)

The date span on this thread is amazing.

I've seen much much worse... 5+ years sometimes...

I've been using a little VB script that can pull the Service Tag from the pc's on the network when I know the computer name. This is what I have -

strComputer = inputbox("Type the name of the computer with out \\ or an IP address to find out the service tag")

if strComputer = "" then wscript.quit

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colSMBIOS = objWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_SystemEnclosure")
For Each objSMBIOS in colSMBIOS
Wscript.Echo "Service tag (serial number): " & objSMBIOS.SerialNumber
Next




Now I need one that can give me the computer name when I know the Service Tag. Can anyone help?

Is there anyone out there than can help with the script above that I'm using and use any of the following code to locate the COMPUTER NAME on a network if I have the SERVICE TAG already?
Can anyone put the two together to give me what I'm after.

PLEEEASE!

'Connect to WMI namespace
Dim objWshShell, colitems, objWMIservice, objitem, strUserName, strComputerName
Set objWshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strUserName = objWshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%USERNAME%") ' Locates Username
strComputerName = objWshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%COMPUTERNAME%") ' Locates Computer Name
Set objWMIservice = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2")
set colitems = objWMIservice.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_BIOS",,48)
For each objitem in colitems ' Locates Dell Service Tag
'Output
Wscript.echo " User Name: " & strUserName & vbcr _
& " Computer Name: " & strComputerName & vbcr _
& " Dell Service Tag: " & objitem.serialnumber
Next

On Error Resume Next

do while strcomputer = "" and a < 2
strcomputer = Inputbox ("Please enter IP address or Computer name","Remote Computer Information Display","IP is preferred search method")
strcomputer = trim(strcomputer)
a = a + 1
loop
if not strComputer <> "" then
wscript.echo "No computer name entered, ending script"
wscript.quit
end if

On Error Resume Next
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2")
if err.number <> 0 then
if err.number = -2147217405 then
wscript.echo "You do not have sufficient access rights to this computer"
wscript.quit
else
wscript.echo "Could not locate computer" &vbcrlf& "Please check IP Address/Computer Name and try again"
wscript.quit
end if
end if
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_BIOS")
Set colItems1 = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem")
Set colItems2 = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration Where IPEnabled = True")
Set colitems3 = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_computersystem")
Set colitems4 = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkLoginProfile")
Set colitems5 = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_LogicalDisk Where DriveType = 3")


Set objExplorer = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
objExplorer.Navigate "about:blank"
objExplorer.ToolBar = 0
objExplorer.StatusBar = 0
objExplorer.Width = 800
objExplorer.Height = 600
objExplorer.Left = 100
objExplorer.Top = 100
objExplorer.Visible = 1

Do While (objExplorer.Busy)
Loop



Set objDocument = objExplorer.Document
objDocument.Open
objDocument.Writeln "<html><head><title>Computer Information</title></head>"
objDocument.Writeln "<body bgcolor='white'>"

' Computer Detals

For Each objItem In colItems
serial = objitem.serialnumber
next
For Each objItem In colItems1
hostname = objitem.caption
make = objitem.manufacturer
model = objitem.model
next

objDocument.Writeln "<FONT color='red' size=4>Computer Information For: " & Ucase(hostname) & "</FONT><BR><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'>Serial : " & Serial & "</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'>Make : " & make & "</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'>Model : " & Model & "</FONT><BR>"

For Each objItem In colItems5
driveletter = objitem.name
capacity = ((objitem.size / 1024) / 1024) / 1024
free = ((objitem.FreeSpace / 1024) / 1024) / 1024
free = FormatNumber (free,2)
capacity = FormatNumber (capacity,2)


objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'>Capacity of " &driveletter& " - " & capacity & "GB</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'>Free Space on " &driveletter& " - " & Free & "GB</FONT><BR>"

next

objDocument.Writeln "<BR><FONT color='Blue' size=4>Please Wait, gathering more information...</FONT><BR><BR>"

' User Details

For Each objItem In colItems3
loggedon = objitem.username
next
For Each objItem In colItems4
cachedlog = objitem.name
username = objitem.FullName
passwordexpire = objitem.passwordexpires
badpassword = objitem.badpasswordcount
if loggedon = cachedlog then
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT color='red' size=4>User Information For...</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT color='red' size=4>" & username & "</FONT><BR><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'> User Name :" & loggedon &"</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Incorrect Password Attempts : " & badpassword &"</FONT><BR>"
on error resume next
Set objaccount = GetObject("WinNT://scit84.sagchip.org/" &objitem.caption & ",user")
if Err.Number <> 0 Then
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'>unable to retrieve password expiration information</FONT><BR>"
Else
If objAccount.PasswordExpired = 1 Then
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='red'>Password has Expired!</FONT><BR>"
Else
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'>Password Expires " & objAccount.PasswordExpirationDate & " </FONT><BR><BR>"
end if
end if
end if
next

' Network Adapter Details

For Each objItem In colItems2
ipaddress = objitem.ipaddress(0)
description = objitem.description
DHCP = objitem.DHCPserver
Domain = objitem.DNSdomain
mac = objitem.MACaddress
DNS = objitem.dnsserversearchorder(0)
DNS1 = objitem.dnsserversearchorder(1)
DNS2 = objitem.dnsserversearchorder(2)
wins1 = objitem.winsprimaryserver
wins2 = objitem.winssecondaryserver

if not ipaddress = "0.0.0.0" then
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT color='red' size=4>Network Adapter Details For...</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT color='red' size=4>" & description & "</FONT><BR><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='Courier' color='black'> IP Address :" & ipaddress &"</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> DHCP Server : " & DHCP &"</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Domain Name : " & domain &"</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> MAC Address : " & mac &"</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Primary DNS : " & DNS &"</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Secondary DNS : " & DNS1 &"</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Tertiary DNS : " & DNS2 &"</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Primary WINS : " & wins1 &"</FONT><BR>"
objDocument.Writeln "<FONT face='courier' color='black'> Secondary WINS : " & WINS2 &"</FONT><BR><BR>"
end if
next

objDocument.Writeln "<FONT color='Blue' size=4>Script Finished</FONT><BR><BR>"

ComputerName = InputBox("Machine Name To Query")

winmgmt1 = "winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!//"& ComputerName &""
Set SerialN = GetObject( winmgmt1 ).InstancesOf ("Win32_BIOS")

For each Serial in SerialN
MsgBox "Serial Number: " & Serial.SerialNumber
Next

Thanks guys. I coded it in ruby, based on what you were saying in the thread.

Made a "class" out of it.

At the bottom is a example of "calling" the methods, to get the service tag.
Now I'm going to wrap it in a Rails application to have a compete "pc" inventory application.

http://mentalpagingspace.blogspot.co...number-in.html