Comments on: 3 Easy Steps to Get Information from Multiple Remote Computers…

By: maclp

maclp — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:53:09 +0000

i’m new at scripting and this works great
except for some of my workstations where i get this error:

Get-WmiObject : Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))
At C:\Users\maarten\AppData\Local\Temp\777057e6-4d0c-4c5f-900a-bd6c197ead2b.ps1:5 char:30
+ $colItems = get-wmiobject <<<< -class "Win32_BIOS" -namespace "root\CIMV2" `
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-WmiObject], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWmiObjectCommand

could this be my firewall?

By: xb90

xb90 — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:04:13 +0000

I’ve prepared a script to query remote hosts and do some formatting for easier readability. Check it out here:

http://poshtips.com/2011/03/25/gethostinfo-remote-host-query-script-using-wmi/

By: xb90

xb90 — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:02:54 +0000

I wrote a powershell script to query remote hosts via WMI plus do some formatting to make the data easier to read.

It will return data from the following WMI classes:
Win32_OperatingSystem
Win32_ComputerSystem
Win32_NetworkAdapter plus associated Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration
Win32_LogicalDisk
Win32_PhysicalMemory
Win32_Processor
Win32_PageFileSetting

Check it out and download from here:

http://poshtips.com/2011/03/25/gethostinfo-remote-host-query-script-using-wmi/

By: Ralph

Ralph — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:42:45 +0000

Needed something quick and found this.

thanks a bunch.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:34:00 +0000

I got the same error regarding the RPC server not being available. Its because the Windows firewall is blocking the remote connection. I’ve done a bunch of search and made sure my group policy was set to allow remote administration and file and print sharing in the firewall, but it still doesn’t work. I think it has something to do the DCOM using dynamic port mappings, but it just doesn’t seem to work with WinXP clients. It works fine with Vista. Any tips would be appreciated.

By: Timmy

Timmy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:15:15 +0000

I am totally new at this. Try the code and getting this error:
The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×800706BA)
can you please help me?

thanks.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:04:27 +0000

yeah this is a pretty good way of going about it. However, I wonder why you did not just use the __server for getting the computer name. It is in every WMI object I have seen thus far and makes it really easy to code in. Guess it does not make a real difference either way.

By: NetGuyDave

NetGuyDave — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:06:01 +0000

Jesse, I don’t know how you find this stuff but it is very much appreciated! Thank You, Dave

By: Jesse Hamrick

Jesse Hamrick — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:02:53 +0000

Check out PowerShell ping sweep from ScriptingAnswers.com – http://www.scriptinganswers.com/vault/Misc%20PowerShell/

-Jesse

By: NetGuyDave

NetGuyDave — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:19:47 +0000

I agree with Daniel – ditto. But…how do I compile a list of computers? We have 700 computers on 6 different subnets with several being managed by 3rd party companies – who knows what machine names they build and tear down on a weekly basis. Is there a way the script can do a ping “if statement” on an entire IP range then query for information that responds with a successfull ping? Or..any other ideas to build a computer name txt file are more than welcome. Thanks, Dave