Obtain computer info from IP

[articwoof]

Hello all,

I want to make a small VB program which when you enter an IP address it gathers the Host's computer info like:
-Computer Name
-Computer Description
-Network Group/Domain name
-Operating System (optional)

Help?

Thanks!

[sciguyryan]

Hello all,

I want to make a small VB program which when you enter an IP address it gathers the Host's computer info like:
-Computer Name
-Computer Description
-Network Group/Domain name
-Operating System (optional)

Help?

Thanks!

This is probably not possible for security reasons, if you could then you could do other things that could be damaging.

If the computer is netwroked to yours then you could use WMI.

Otherwise maybe you can do it through Winsock messages but I am not shure.

Cheers,

RyanJ

[ThaRubby]

Yea not posible, unless your talking about network PC's which I doubt you are. If you want I have the code to get Network name and the computer names on it.

[articwoof]

Yea not posible, unless your talking about network PC's which I doubt you are.

Well I am. I was planning on using this to help determine computer information such as O/S, Proccessor speed, memory, hard drive, etc for tech support. I am a network technician for State of Alaska Department of Health&Social Services and we have about 3500 computers we support.

[Pino]

It is possible, if you can put a client program on the client machine which relays the information back

Pino

[sciguyryan]

It is possible, if you can put a client program on the client machine which relays the information back

Pino

True but I thought articwoof meant by just using a program on this end.

Pino, your good great idea

Cheers,

RyanJ

[Pino]

Arr ok, maybe i miss-understood. If you cant get a client program onto the host amchine its a no-no i think,

Pino

[dglienna]

If you have proper permissions, you can run msinfo32 on remote machines, using lists of things to check for, which get output to reports. I was looking for SYSINFO for some reason.