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

    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??

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

    @Ginolard: Does this work with WinXP SP2 (what I mean is will it pass thru windows firewall)?
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    Re: [2005] Find the logged on user of a remote Win2k/XP machine (Console Application)

    Quote Originally Posted by stanav
    @Ginolard: Does this work with WinXP SP2 (what I mean is will it pass thru windows firewall)?
    Yes, it does. Actually I have been experimenting with this method.

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

    using the Win32_ComputerSystem

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

    Quote 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

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

    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

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

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

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