[2005] Find the logged on user of a remote Win2k/XP machine (Console Application)

It's similar to PsLoggedOn from SysInternals but it also more info.

I'm attaching the sources in a zipfile because they're now too long to post in a code block.

Trying to get this to work using Visual Basic 2008. I think it has something to do with the ldapBind

'Dim LdapBind As String
'LdapBind = ("LDAP://" & "DC=" & UserDomain & "," & strRootDomain)

If I comment those lines out and then create the directory entry like

Dim deEntry3 As New DirectoryEntry("LDAP://domain.local", "user", "password")

It works, does the previous LdapBind above assume a non secured ldap server??

-Michael

@Ginolard: Does this work with WinXP SP2 (what I mean is will it pass thru windows firewall)?

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Originally Posted by stanav

@Ginolard: Does this work with WinXP SP2 (what I mean is will it pass thru windows firewall)?

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Yes, it does. Actually I have been experimenting with this method.

http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/5478

using the Win32_ComputerSystem

cheers,

Michael

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Originally Posted by mellerbeck

Yes, it does. Actually I have been experimenting with this method.

http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/5478

using the Win32_ComputerSystem

cheers,

Michael

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Nope... I tried the code and it didn't work on machines running WinXP SP2 with firewall turned on. An exception was thrown at this line

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queryCollection = query.Get()

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The error message is "The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA)".

The reason I asked was that I had coded something similar to this a while ago and couldn't get it to work with WinXP SP2. I received the same exception everytime my program tried to pull information from a WinXP SP2 machine. I ended up trashing the project because I don't know how to by pass the firewall.

The reason I asked was that I had coded something similar to this a while ago and couldn't get it to work with WinXP SP2. I received the same exception everytime my program tried to pull information from a WinXP SP2 machine. I ended up trashing the project because I don't know how to by pass the firewall.[/QUOTE]

Sorry I just read up to the WinXP SP2 part :) so I guess the question is what do you expect? Of course the firewall is going to block it, thats the whole point of a firewall :) You could open the ports allowing WMI access....

http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-531724.php

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875605

Yeah that method is all well and good but it won't retrieve a user who is logged on via Terminal Services or one who is logged on locally.

I've just posted the new version as a zipfile attachment in the original post. Works better with Win2K plus adds command line options.