List PC Names and browser versions.

Hi,
I'm out of the office today.
will test & reply next week.
Thanks,
Ben

Hi Brian,

Tried in both DOS and PS command prompt and getting attached error.

In addition I would need this to run against every PC on the network, how can it be done automatically?

And how can I add checking for other browsers as well?

Thanks,
Ben
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Hi Ben,

psexec is used to run commands on other systems. <\\pcname> is a variable where you substitute the name of the PC. So basically, you need to create a batch file with one line for each PC (or a loop, depending on how comfortable you are with the programming scripts).

You can find more information here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psexec

Hi Brian,

Actually I found (after you had pointed me to the right direction...) the below doing exactly what I'm looking for.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3553984/how-do-i-detect-which-version-of-internet-explorer-is-installed

@Echo off

Cls

MD C:\SYSADMIT > NUL 

Echo. > c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt

SET ListaEquipos=C:\SYSADMIT\ListaEquipos.txt

For /F "Tokens=*" %%z In (%ListaEquipos%) Do (

echo %%z  >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt 

reg query "\\%%z\hklm\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt

)

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The only problem I have is with the following...

It is also necessary to check RemoteRegistry service enabled on the target computers.

As if I have to manually go around and change things on all users PC's, then I minus well just check the version w/o the programming...

Any workaround?

Thanks,
Ben

Ah, but you can do that remotely as well! Services can be set via policy. Or just include it in your script: "net start remoteregistry"

Hi Brian,

Looks like we're almost done...

I found the following

sc \\computername start remoteregistry

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Can you tell me how to do it within the above script?
also would need to stop the service after running the reg query.

Thanks,
Ben

Thank you!

Hi Brian,

Tested the following, and only showed pc names without any info.

@Echo off

Cls

MD C:\SYSADMIT > NUL 

Echo. > c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt

SET ListaEquipos=F:\conversion\temp\Listpcnames.txt

For /F "Tokens=*" %%z In (%ListaEquipos%) Do (

echo %%z  >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt 

sc \\%ListaEquipos% start remoteregistry

reg query "\\%%z\hklm\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt

sc \\%ListaEquipos% stop remoteregistry

)

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What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Ben

Hi Brian,

Any idea?

Thanks,
Ben

sc start does'nt wait for a service to be started or stopped, so I assume it returns too fast to perform the reg query....
You need a loop

:
sc \\%ListaEquipos% start remoteregistry
:WaitLoop
sc query remoteregistry| find "STARTED"
if errorlevel 1 (
  timeout 1
  goto WaitLoop
)
reg query "\\%%z\hklm\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt
:

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Same for stop if you want. Doen't really matter, will stop anyway...

Hi Michael,

Tried the following but didn't work,

@Echo off

Cls

MD C:\SYSADMIT > NUL 

Echo. > c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt

SET ListaEquipos=F:\conversion\temp\Listpcnames.txt

For /F "Tokens=*" %%z In (%ListaEquipos%) Do (

echo %%z  >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt 

:
sc \\%ListaEquipos% start remoteregistry
:WaitLoop
sc query remoteregistry| find "STARTED"
if errorlevel 1 (
  timeout 1
  goto WaitLoop
)
reg query "\\%%z\hklm\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt
:

)

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Guess I'm missing how to combine what you posted with the original script.

Thanks,
Ben

My fault. New version:

@Echo off

Cls
MD C:\SYSADMIT > NUL 

Echo. > c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt

SET ListaEquipos=F:\conversion\temp\Listpcnames.txt

For /F "Tokens=*" %%z In (%ListaEquipos%) Do (

	echo %%z  >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt 

	sc \\%%z start remoteregistry
	:WaitLoop
	sc \\%%z query remoteregistry| find "STARTED"
	if errorlevel 1 (
	  timeout 1
	  goto WaitLoop
	)
	reg query "\\%%z\hklm\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt
)

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Didn't really check. If there are any error messgaes just drop them here.

Hi,
See attached.
Thanks,
Ben
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Can you test it manually using
sc \\server start remoteregistry

One it worked, the other one not, see attached.

Thanks,
Ben
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Hi Michael,

Perhaps we should skip those with error messages for now, so at least those who are working should get recorded in file.

Thanks,
Ben

Hm, can you start the service locally on a system that throws error 1058?
Is it disabled?

Hi,

At the moment I don't need a complete list, just want find some computers using an old version and test it something from there.

How can we get this done ASAP.

Thanks,
Ben

@Echo off

Cls
MD C:\SYSADMIT > NUL 

Echo. > c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt

SET ListaEquipos=F:\conversion\temp\Listpcnames.txt

For /F "Tokens=*" %%z In (%ListaEquipos%) Do (

	echo %%z  >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt 

	sc \\%%z start remoteregistry
	SET COUNT=0
	:WaitLoop
	sc \\%%z query remoteregistry| find "STARTED"
	if errorlevel 1 (
	  timeout 1
	  SET /A COUNT+=1
	  if %COUNT% LEQ 10 goto :WaitLoop
	)
	if %COUNT% LEQ 10 reg query "\\%%z\hklm\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt
	if %COUNT% GTR 10 Registry not accessible %%z >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt
)

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hi,

Again results file is blank.

Thanks,
Ben

Blank? At least the 1st computer name should be written in it at line 12

remove the @echo off and rerun. Post the result

Same thing.

Thanks,
Ben

I mean please post the screen content

Attached.

Thanks,
Ben
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Would like to see what the batch writes to screen. If it scrolls to fast put a

pause

Before line 25

hi,

Nothing gets displayed it opens and closes immediately.

Is this working at your end?

Thanks,
Ben
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Sorry, didn't think about how strange a batch can react when nesting brackets...
Try this version please, it works on my end

@Echo off
Cls
MD C:\SYSADMIT > NUL 
Echo. > c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt
SET ListaEquipos=F:\conversion\temp\Listpcnames.txt
For /F %%z In (%ListaEquipos%) Do (
	echo %%z  >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt 

	SET COUNT=0
	Call :WaitLoop

	if %COUNT% LEQ 10 reg query "\\%%z\hklm\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt
	if %COUNT% GTR 10 Registry not accessible %%z >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt
)
goto :EOF

:WaitLoop
sc \\%%z query remoteregistry| find "STARTED"
if errorlevel 1 (
	timeout 1 
	SET /A COUNT+=1
	if %COUNT% LEQ 10 goto :WaitLoop
)
goto :EOF

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Still nothing, even tried adding few pauses as following, did not got to see anything.

@Echo off
Cls
MD C:\SYSADMIT > NUL 
Echo. > c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt
SET ListaEquipos=F:\conversion\temp\Listpcnames.txt
For /F %%z In (%ListaEquipos%) Do (
	echo %%z  >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt 

	SET COUNT=0
	Call :WaitLoop

	if %COUNT% LEQ 10 reg query "\\%%z\hklm\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer" /v svcVersion >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt
	if %COUNT% GTR 10 Registry not accessible %%z >> c:\SYSADMIT\Resultados.txt
)
goto :EOF
pause

:WaitLoop
sc \\%%z query remoteregistry| find "STARTED"
pause
if errorlevel 1 (
	timeout 1 
	SET /A COUNT+=1
	if %COUNT% LEQ 10 goto :WaitLoop
pause
)
goto :EOF
pause

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Thanks,
Ben

Hi Michael,

Great, this is finally working.

Now can you add those other browsers into this script, so I can finalize the other thread as well.

Thanks,
Ben

BTW, running this script logged in as admin against all computers on the network is safe?

Thanks,
Ben

It only queries one computer after the other so the impact should be nearly zero