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8.6

How to change the Dell Service Tag with VBS using the dell OMCI WMI

Asked by JHopkins213 in VB Script

Tags: WMI, VBS, DELL, OMCI

Right now I have a dos boot disc that I use on the laptops to change the asset tag, service tag, and owner tag, and then I have it boot into Ghost. The problem is now we are going to switch to imagex and its pointless to have a boot disc for both. So my plan is to use imagex and then on the first boot have it run an hta file that pulls the info I need I have most of it working except for setting the service tag. I can set the asset tag and owner tag no problem but it doesn't work for the service tag which you might not be able to do through vbs. 
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'********************************************************************************
'Set Service Tag this is the code that doesn't work
'********************************************************************************
Sub Service_Tag
strNameSpace = "root/Dellomci"
Set wshNetwork = CreateObject( "WScript.Network" )
strComputerName = wshNetwork.ComputerName
strClassName = "Dell_SystemSummary"
strKeyName = "Name"
'strServiceTag = ServiceTagTextBox.value ' I have an input box on the hta
strServiceTag = "1234567" 'This is to test input of a dummy service tag
 
strWQLQuery = "SELECT * FROM " & strClassName & " WHERE " & _
	strKeyName & "=" & Chr(34) & strComputerName & Chr(34)
 
Set colInstances = GetObject("WinMgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}//" & _
	strComputerName & "/" & strNameSpace).ExecQuery(strWQLQuery, "WQL", NULL)
 
For Each objInstance in colInstances
objInstance.Properties_.Item("ServiceTag").Value = strServiceTag
objInstance.Put_
Exit For
Next
 
Set colInstances = Nothing
 
'*** If any errors occurred, let the user know
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Msgbox "Setting the BIOS Service Tag failed."
End If
 
End Sub
 
'********************************************************************************
'Set Asset Tag This Code works
'********************************************************************************
Sub Asset_Tag
strNameSpace = "root/Dellomci"
Set wshNetwork = CreateObject( "WScript.Network" )
strComputerName = wshNetwork.ComputerName
strClassName = "Dell_SystemSummary"
strKeyName = "Name"
strAssetTag = AssetTagTextBox.value
 
 
'*** WQL Query to retrieve instances of Dell_SystemSummary
strWQLQuery = "SELECT * FROM " & strClassName & " WHERE " & _
	strKeyName & "=" & Chr(34) & strComputerName & Chr(34)
 
'*** Retrieve instances of Dell_Configuration class (there should only be 1 instance).
Set colInstances = GetObject("WinMgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}//" & _
	strComputerName & "/" & strNameSpace).ExecQuery(strWQLQuery, "WQL", NULL)
 
'*** Use only first instance to set asset tag
For Each objInstance in colInstances
'*** Set the new value for the property and save the instance
objInstance.Properties_.Item("AssetTag").Value = strAssetTag
objInstance.Put_
Exit For
Next
 
Set colInstances = Nothing
 
'*** If any errors occurred, let the user know
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Msgbox "Setting the BIOS Asset Tag failed."
End If
 
strMsg = "Setting Asset Tag to: " & strAssetTag
MsgBox strMsg
End Sub
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Example of HTA script
Example of HTA script
 
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Zone: VB Script
Tags: WMI, VBS, DELL, OMCI
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