[RESOLVED] Getting Computer Statistics

Hi, I am new to VB6 and am looking to get a bunch of statistics of a machine. CPU MHz/Load, RAM MB/Load, Networkcards MB in/MB out etc..

I know if you use the default About form it gives the option of displaying all the system information. If you look in that code you might find your answer.

This will give you all the details of your processor.

VB Code:

Option Explicit
'Add a reference tro MS WMI Scripting Library
Private Sub Command1_Click()
    
    Dim arrComputers() As Variant
    Dim strComputer As Variant
    Dim objWMIService As Object
    Dim colItems As Object
    Dim objItem As Object
    Dim strPowerManagementCapabilities As String
    Dim strProcessor As String
    
    Const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = &H10
    Const wbemFlagForwardOnly = &H20
 
    arrComputers = Array("localhost")
    For Each strComputer In arrComputers
        strProcessor = strProcessor & "Computer: " & strComputer & vbNewLine
        Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2")
        Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Processor", "WQL", wbemFlagReturnImmediately + wbemFlagForwardOnly)
        
        For Each objItem In colItems
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "AddressWidth: " & objItem.AddressWidth & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Architecture: " & objItem.Architecture & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Availability: " & objItem.Availability & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Caption: " & objItem.Caption & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "ConfigManagerErrorCode: " & objItem.ConfigManagerErrorCode & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "ConfigManagerUserConfig: " & objItem.ConfigManagerUserConfig & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "CpuStatus: " & objItem.CpuStatus & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "CreationClassName: " & objItem.CreationClassName & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "CurrentClockSpeed: " & objItem.CurrentClockSpeed & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "CurrentVoltage: " & objItem.CurrentVoltage & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "DataWidth: " & objItem.DataWidth & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Description: " & objItem.Description & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "DeviceID: " & objItem.DeviceID & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "ErrorCleared: " & objItem.ErrorCleared & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "ErrorDescription: " & objItem.ErrorDescription & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "ExtClock: " & objItem.ExtClock & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Family: " & objItem.Family & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "InstallDate: " & objItem.InstallDate & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "L2CacheSize: " & objItem.L2CacheSize & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "L2CacheSpeed: " & objItem.L2CacheSpeed & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "LastErrorCode: " & objItem.LastErrorCode & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Level: " & objItem.Level & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "LoadPercentage: " & objItem.LoadPercentage & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Manufacturer: " & objItem.Manufacturer & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "MaxClockSpeed: " & objItem.MaxClockSpeed & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Name: " & objItem.Name & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "OtherFamilyDescription: " & objItem.OtherFamilyDescription & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "PNPDeviceID: " & objItem.PNPDeviceID & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "PowerManagementCapabilities: " & objItem.PowerManagementCapabilities & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "PowerManagementSupported: " & objItem.PowerManagementSupported & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "ProcessorId: " & objItem.ProcessorId & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "ProcessorType: " & objItem.ProcessorType & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Revision: " & objItem.Revision & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Role: " & objItem.Role & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "SocketDesignation: " & objItem.SocketDesignation & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Status: " & objItem.Status & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "StatusInfo: " & objItem.StatusInfo & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Stepping: " & objItem.Stepping & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "SystemCreationClassName: " & objItem.SystemCreationClassName & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "SystemName: " & objItem.SystemName & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "UniqueId: " & objItem.UniqueId & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "UpgradeMethod: " & objItem.UpgradeMethod & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "Version: " & objItem.Version & vbNewLine
            strProcessor = strProcessor & "VoltageCaps: " & objItem.VoltageCaps & vbNewLine
            MsgBox strProcessor
        Next
    Next
    
End Sub

I think the "About" form thing just shells Sysinfo. The 2 best ways I've found to gather system information are Windows Management Instrumentation and the GetSystemInfo API call.

GetSystemInfo getting processor type:

VB Code:

Option Explicit
 
Private Declare Sub GetSystemInfo Lib "kernel32" (lpSystemInfo As SYSTEM_INFO)
 
Private Type SYSTEM_INFO
    dwOemID As Long
    dwPageSize As Long
    lpMinimumApplicationAddress As Long
    lpMaximumApplicationAddress As Long
    dwActiveProcessorMask As Long
    dwNumberOrfProcessors As Long
    dwProcessorType As Long
    dwAllocationGranularity As Long
    dwReserved As Long
End Type
 
Const C_MEGABYTE = 8388608
 
Private Sub ProcessorType()
    
    Dim uSysInfo As SYSTEM_INFO
    Dim lProcType As Long
    Dim sOut As String
 
    GetSystemInfo uSysInfo
    
    lProcType = uSysInfo.dwProcessorType
    
    sOut = "Processor Type:" & vbCrLf & CStr(lProcType)
    MsgBox (sOut)
 
End Sub

WMI example for getting all retrievable disk serial numbers:

VB Code:

Private Sub DiskSerials()
    
    Dim oList As Object
    Dim sOut As String
    Dim oObject As Object
 
    Set oList = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}").InstancesOf("Win32_LogicalDisk")
 
    For Each oObject In oList
        sOut = sOut & "Disk Serial Number: " & oObject.VolumeSerialNumber & vbCrLf
    Next oObject
    
    MsgBox (sOut)
    
    Set oList = Nothing
    Set oObject = Nothing
 
End Sub

Read about WMI here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._reference.asp

EDIT: Sorry 'bout the overpost RobDog. You caught me fixing the formatting in my vbcode tags. For some reason I can't cut and paste out of my IDE and have the code tags make it look right anymore. :confused:

Download Scriptomatic2 from the Scripting Guy (Microsoft) and you can automatically generate WMI scripts similar to the code I posted. You have to convert it to VB but its not that hard. ;)

Scriptomatic2

Or computer info in general.
This script was produced by ScriptoMatic2, which is a free download.
There are a lot of different scripts that it will generate, based on the information that you need. I just use cscript to display the information. If you just rename it as a vbs file, it will show the info in messageboxes.

VB Code:

On Error Resume Next
 
Const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = &h10
Const wbemFlagForwardOnly = &h20
 
arrComputers = Array("127.0.0.1")
For Each strComputer In arrComputers
   WScript.Echo
   WScript.Echo "=========================================="
   WScript.Echo "Computer: " & strComputer
   WScript.Echo "=========================================="
 
   Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2")
   Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem", "WQL", _
                                          wbemFlagReturnImmediately + wbemFlagForwardOnly)
 
   For Each objItem In colItems
      WScript.Echo "AdminPasswordStatus: " & objItem.AdminPasswordStatus
      WScript.Echo "AutomaticResetBootOption: " & objItem.AutomaticResetBootOption
      WScript.Echo "AutomaticResetCapability: " & objItem.AutomaticResetCapability
      WScript.Echo "BootOptionOnLimit: " & objItem.BootOptionOnLimit
      WScript.Echo "BootOptionOnWatchDog: " & objItem.BootOptionOnWatchDog
      WScript.Echo "BootROMSupported: " & objItem.BootROMSupported
      WScript.Echo "BootupState: " & objItem.BootupState
      WScript.Echo "Caption: " & objItem.Caption
      WScript.Echo "ChassisBootupState: " & objItem.ChassisBootupState
      WScript.Echo "CreationClassName: " & objItem.CreationClassName
      WScript.Echo "CurrentTimeZone: " & objItem.CurrentTimeZone
      WScript.Echo "DaylightInEffect: " & objItem.DaylightInEffect
      WScript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description
      WScript.Echo "Domain: " & objItem.Domain
      WScript.Echo "DomainRole: " & objItem.DomainRole
      WScript.Echo "EnableDaylightSavingsTime: " & objItem.EnableDaylightSavingsTime
      WScript.Echo "FrontPanelResetStatus: " & objItem.FrontPanelResetStatus
      WScript.Echo "InfraredSupported: " & objItem.InfraredSupported
      strInitialLoadInfo = Join(objItem.InitialLoadInfo, ",")
         WScript.Echo "InitialLoadInfo: " & strInitialLoadInfo
      WScript.Echo "InstallDate: " & WMIDateStringToDate(objItem.InstallDate)
      WScript.Echo "KeyboardPasswordStatus: " & objItem.KeyboardPasswordStatus
      WScript.Echo "LastLoadInfo: " & objItem.LastLoadInfo
      WScript.Echo "Manufacturer: " & objItem.Manufacturer
      WScript.Echo "Model: " & objItem.Model
      WScript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
      WScript.Echo "NameFormat: " & objItem.NameFormat
      WScript.Echo "NetworkServerModeEnabled: " & objItem.NetworkServerModeEnabled
      WScript.Echo "NumberOfProcessors: " & objItem.NumberOfProcessors
      strOEMLogoBitmap = Join(objItem.OEMLogoBitmap, ",")
         WScript.Echo "OEMLogoBitmap: " & strOEMLogoBitmap
      strOEMStringArray = Join(objItem.OEMStringArray, ",")
         WScript.Echo "OEMStringArray: " & strOEMStringArray
      WScript.Echo "PartOfDomain: " & objItem.PartOfDomain
      WScript.Echo "PauseAfterReset: " & objItem.PauseAfterReset
      strPowerManagementCapabilities = Join(objItem.PowerManagementCapabilities, ",")
         WScript.Echo "PowerManagementCapabilities: " & strPowerManagementCapabilities
      WScript.Echo "PowerManagementSupported: " & objItem.PowerManagementSupported
      WScript.Echo "PowerOnPasswordStatus: " & objItem.PowerOnPasswordStatus
      WScript.Echo "PowerState: " & objItem.PowerState
      WScript.Echo "PowerSupplyState: " & objItem.PowerSupplyState
      WScript.Echo "PrimaryOwnerContact: " & objItem.PrimaryOwnerContact
      WScript.Echo "PrimaryOwnerName: " & objItem.PrimaryOwnerName
      WScript.Echo "ResetCapability: " & objItem.ResetCapability
      WScript.Echo "ResetCount: " & objItem.ResetCount
      WScript.Echo "ResetLimit: " & objItem.ResetLimit
      strRoles = Join(objItem.Roles, ",")
         WScript.Echo "Roles: " & strRoles
      WScript.Echo "Status: " & objItem.Status
      strSupportContactDescription = Join(objItem.SupportContactDescription, ",")
         WScript.Echo "SupportContactDescription: " & strSupportContactDescription
      WScript.Echo "SystemStartupDelay: " & objItem.SystemStartupDelay
      strSystemStartupOptions = Join(objItem.SystemStartupOptions, ",")
         WScript.Echo "SystemStartupOptions: " & strSystemStartupOptions
      WScript.Echo "SystemStartupSetting: " & objItem.SystemStartupSetting
      WScript.Echo "SystemType: " & objItem.SystemType
      WScript.Echo "ThermalState: " & objItem.ThermalState
      WScript.Echo "TotalPhysicalMemory: " & objItem.TotalPhysicalMemory
      WScript.Echo "UserName: " & objItem.UserName
      WScript.Echo "WakeUpType: " & objItem.WakeUpType
      WScript.Echo "Workgroup: " & objItem.Workgroup
      WScript.Echo
   Next
Next
 
 
Function WMIDateStringToDate(dtmDate)
WScript.Echo dtm: 
    WMIDateStringToDate = CDate(Mid(dtmDate, 5, 2) & "/" & _
    Mid(dtmDate, 7, 2) & "/" & Left(dtmDate, 4) _
    & " " & Mid (dtmDate, 9, 2) & ":" & Mid(dtmDate, 11, 2) & ":" & Mid(dtmDate,13, 2))
End Function

Wow I don't think I have gotten this many replys before on a forum, nice to finnaly find a good one. Scriptomatic it turning out to be a very usefull tool thank you all!

\root\CIMV2\Win32_NetworkAdapter don't have a sent/recv'd option for the connections. :(