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Get multiple computer details and send them by mail using a script

Asked by: adalli

I need a script that on logon will get the following information and send them to me by mail.

The information I need are

computer name, computer description,  Physical Memory, Hard disk space and OS.

All computers are either xp or windows 2000

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2009-11-08 at 12:22:48ID24881918
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by: OvePosted on 2009-11-08 at 15:03:04ID: 25772451

i would add a batch-file which grabs all yr info needed and writes it to a textfile of yr choice which is that be mailed to you

you will get most of your info with on-board tools

i.e.:
echo %COMPUTERNAME% >> c:\info.txt
ver >> c:\info.txt

have a look at "systeminfo" on winXP and the rest you'll find inside the registry which can be queried by the free tool REG.EXE from microsoft

 

by: OvePosted on 2009-11-08 at 15:06:17ID: 25772460

ahh...forgot the mail-proggy of my choice :-)

http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/cmdlinemail/cmdlinemail.htm
bmail is a little/free tool for this...you may freely distribute it to every of your machines.

 

by: TheNauticanPosted on 2009-11-08 at 16:12:12ID: 25772680

Here is a VBS that may help

Set objMessage = CreateObject("CDO.Message") 
Dim strComputerName, strMemory, strHardDisk, strDescription 
For Each procItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_PhysicalMemory")
	strMemory = Round(procItem.Capacity / 1048576, 0) & " MB"
Next 
For Each procItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_DiskDrive")
	strHardDisk = Round(procItem.Size / 1073741824, 0) & "GB"
Next 
For Each procItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_ComputerSystem")
	strComputerName =  procItem.Name
Next 
For Each procItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_OperatingSystem")
	strDescription = procItem.Description
Next 
objMessage.Subject = "Computer Inventory" ' Any subject you want
objMessage.From = "IT@test.com" ' The From field of the email
objMessage.To = "ITDept@test.com" ' A valid email address to send it to
' The body of the email goes here
objMessage.TextBody = "ComputerName: " & strComputerName & vbCrLf & "Computer Description: " & strDescription & vbCrLf & "Totla Memory: " & strMemory & vbCrLf & "HD size: " & strHardDisk
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2
'Set your SMTP server here
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = "smtpserver" 
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Update 
objMessage.Send

                                              
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by: Seth_McCauleyPosted on 2009-11-08 at 17:44:40ID: 25772949

Wow, I'm going to have to be quicker with my script writing. I was halfway done writing a script when I noticed the post from "TheNautican". This is much a better way of doing this then I was planning anyway, (I was going to use a command-line tool for sending the message, as I did not know there was a vbscript command to send mail). So, instead of posting what I little had, I scrapped it and made some minor changes to yours Nautican.

I added the OS version as requested, and fixed an issue with the memory size being reported incorrectly. I also did some miscellaneous restructuring for easier readability.

Option Explicit
Dim objMessage
Dim colItem
Dim strComputerName, strMemory, strHardDisk, strDescription, strMailServer, strOSversion
Dim strDay, strMonth, strYear, strHour, strMinute, strSecond
Dim intMailServerPort
set objMessage = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
objMessage.Subject = "Computer Inventory" ' The subject for the email.
objMessage.From = "user1@domain.com" ' The "From" field of the email.
objMessage.To = "user2@domain.com" ' A valid email address to send it to.
strMailServer = "domain.com" ' Your mail server name (preferably the FQDN).
intMailServerPort = "25" ' The port your mail server uses for SMTP. 
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_ComputerSystem")
        strComputerName =  colItem.Name
Next
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_OperatingSystem")
        strDescription = colItem.Description
Next
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_LogicalMemoryConfiguration")
        strMemory = Round(colItem.TotalPhysicalMemory / 1024, 0) & " MB"
Next
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_DiskDrive")
        strHardDisk = Round(colItem.Size / 1073741824, 2) & " GB"
Next
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_OperatingSystem")
        strOSversion = colItem.Caption
Next
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_OperatingSystem")
        strOSversion = strOSversion & " SP" & colItem.ServicePackMajorVersion
Next
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_OperatingSystem")
        strOSversion = strOSversion & " v" & colItem.Version
Next
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_CurrentTime")
        strDay = colItem.Day
Next
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_CurrentTime")
        strMonth = colItem.Month
Next
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_CurrentTime")
        strYear= colItem.Year
Next
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_CurrentTime")
        strHour = colItem.Hour
Next
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_CurrentTime")
        strMinute = colItem.Minute
Next
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_CurrentTime")
        strSecond = colItem.Second
Next 
objMessage.TextBody = "Computer inventory report taken " & strDay & "/" & strMonth & "/" & strYear & " " & strHour & ":" & strMinute & ":" & strSecond & vbCrLf & _
	"==================================================" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
	"Computer Name:" & Chr(9) & Chr(9) & strComputerName & vbCrLf & _
	"Computer Description:" & Chr(9) & strDescription & vbCrLf & _
	"Total Memory:" & Chr(9) & Chr(9) & strMemory & vbCrLf & _
	"Hard Disk Size:" & Chr(9) & Chr(9) & strHardDisk & vbCrLf & _
	"OS Version:" & Chr(9) & Chr(9) & strOSversion
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = strMailServer
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = intMailServerPort
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Update
objMessage.Send
                                              
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by: TheNauticanPosted on 2009-11-08 at 18:35:20ID: 25773075

good catch on the memory thing...it only read in the last scanned bank. rehasing code again without looking...my bad. also, you don't have to have separate calls for the same Class.

For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_ComputerSystem")
	strComputerName =  colItem.Name
Next 
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_LogicalMemoryConfiguration")
    strMemory = Round(colItem.TotalPhysicalMemory / 1024, 0) & " MB"
Next 
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_DiskDrive")
    strHardDisk = Round(colItem.Size / 1073741824, 2) & " GB"
Next 
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_OperatingSystem")
	strDescription = colItem.Description
	strOSversion = colItem.Caption
    strOSversion = strOSversion & " SP" & colItem.ServicePackMajorVersion
    strOSversion = strOSversion & " v" & colItem.Version
Next 
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_CurrentTime")
	strDay = colItem.Day
    strMonth = colItem.Month
    strYear= colItem.Year
    strHour = colItem.Hour
    strMinute = colItem.Minute
    strSecond = colItem.Second
Next

                                              
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by: Seth_McCauleyPosted on 2009-11-08 at 20:51:10ID: 25773468

OK, cool. I was wondering if I could do that... I wasn't sure exactly how the data looks when as it get's fed through those for loops, so I didn't want to take any chances. Good to know!

 

by: adalliPosted on 2009-11-08 at 22:49:16ID: 25773802

Hi Guys,

Thanks for all your promply posts.  just one problem / improvements.  The script windows does not close after the scrips run (either purposly or the script is not exiting).

is it possible that the script windows will not be shown to the user?  if now  is it possible to close it automatically?

 

by: Seth_McCauleyPosted on 2009-11-09 at 00:02:26ID: 25774075

You should not have seen a window at all. Are you certain the server, To, and From settings are all correct?

Also, you might try repasting the code in case something didn't get copied over. Here is script again, with TheNautican's recent corrections added (to shorten the script a bit):

Option Explicit
Dim objMessage
Dim colItem
Dim strComputerName, strMemory, strHardDisk, strDescription, strMailServer, strOSversion
Dim strDay, strMonth, strYear, strHour, strMinute, strSecond
Dim intMailServerPort
set objMessage = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
objMessage.Subject = "Computer Inventory" ' The subject for the email.
objMessage.From = "user1@domain.com" ' The "From" field of the email.
objMessage.To = "user2@domain.com" ' A valid email address to send it to.
strMailServer = "domain.com" ' Your mail server name (preferably the FQDN).
intMailServerPort = "25" ' The port your mail server uses for SMTP. 
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_ComputerSystem")
    strComputerName =  colItem.Name
Next 
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_LogicalMemoryConfiguration")
    strMemory = Round(colItem.TotalPhysicalMemory/1024,0) & " MB"
Next 
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_DiskDrive")
    strHardDisk = Round(colItem.Size/1073741824,2) & " GB"
Next 
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_OperatingSystem")
    strDescription = colItem.Description
    strOSversion = colItem.Caption
    strOSversion = strOSversion & " SP" & colItem.ServicePackMajorVersion
    strOSversion = strOSversion & " v" & colItem.Version
Next 
For Each colItem in GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf("Win32_CurrentTime")
    strDay = colItem.Day
    strMonth = colItem.Month
    strYear= colItem.Year
    strHour = colItem.Hour
    strMinute = colItem.Minute
    strSecond = colItem.Second
Next 
objMessage.TextBody = "Computer inventory report taken " & strDay & "/" & strMonth & "/" & strYear & " " & strHour & ":" & strMinute & ":" & strSecond & vbCrLf & _
    "==================================================" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
    "Computer Name:" & Chr(9) & Chr(9) & strComputerName & vbCrLf & _
    "Computer Description:" & Chr(9) & strDescription & vbCrLf & _
    "Total Memory:" & Chr(9) & Chr(9) & strMemory & vbCrLf & _
    "Hard Disk Size:" & Chr(9) & Chr(9) & strHardDisk & vbCrLf & _
    "OS Version:" & Chr(9) & Chr(9) & strOSversion
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = strMailServer
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = intMailServerPort
objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Update
objMessage.Send

                                              
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by: adalliPosted on 2009-11-10 at 23:36:52ID: 25792959

How can i run it from gpo?

 

by: OvePosted on 2009-11-10 at 23:40:02ID: 25792972

as User-Start-script :
GPO-Editor-> User-configuration -> Policies -> Windows-Settings -> Script -> Login

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