[SOLVED] what would u use to find out remote OS?

[lgvlgv]

What approch would u use to find out what OS a remote computer is running on?

I guess there are som easy way to detect that even if i havent found it yet.

//Regards Lasse

Edited August 18, 2012 by lgvlgv

[water]

It depends on your environment. If you have Active Directory you can query the AD for the OS information of the domain member.

[lgvlgv]

i was more thinking of a workgroup enviroment, and i also have an local admin account on remote WS.

[water]

WMI is your friend. I was using Scriptomatic (for download please search the Example Scripts section) to generate the following code:

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; Generated by AutoIt Scriptomatic

$wbemFlagReturnImmediately = 0x10
$wbemFlagForwardOnly = 0x20
$colItems = ""
$strComputer = "localhost"

$Output=""
$Output = $Output & "Computer: " & $strComputer  & @CRLF
$Output = $Output & "==========================================" & @CRLF
$objWMIService = ObjGet("winmgmts:" & $strComputer & "")
$colItems = $objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem", "WQL", _
                                          $wbemFlagReturnImmediately + $wbemFlagForwardOnly)

If IsObj($colItems) then
   For $objItem In $colItems
      $Output = $Output & "BootDevice: " & $objItem.BootDevice & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "BuildNumber: " & $objItem.BuildNumber & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "BuildType: " & $objItem.BuildType & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "Caption: " & $objItem.Caption & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "CodeSet: " & $objItem.CodeSet & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "CountryCode: " & $objItem.CountryCode & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "CreationClassName: " & $objItem.CreationClassName & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "CSCreationClassName: " & $objItem.CSCreationClassName & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "CSDVersion: " & $objItem.CSDVersion & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "CSName: " & $objItem.CSName & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "CurrentTimeZone: " & $objItem.CurrentTimeZone & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "DataExecutionPrevention_32BitApplications: " & $objItem.DataExecutionPrevention_32BitApplications & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "DataExecutionPrevention_Available: " & $objItem.DataExecutionPrevention_Available & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "DataExecutionPrevention_Drivers: " & $objItem.DataExecutionPrevention_Drivers & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "DataExecutionPrevention_SupportPolicy: " & $objItem.DataExecutionPrevention_SupportPolicy & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "Debug: " & $objItem.Debug & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "Description: " & $objItem.Description & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "Distributed: " & $objItem.Distributed & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "EncryptionLevel: " & $objItem.EncryptionLevel & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "ForegroundApplicationBoost: " & $objItem.ForegroundApplicationBoost & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "FreePhysicalMemory: " & $objItem.FreePhysicalMemory & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "FreeSpaceInPagingFiles: " & $objItem.FreeSpaceInPagingFiles & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "FreeVirtualMemory: " & $objItem.FreeVirtualMemory & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "InstallDate: " & WMIDateStringToDate($objItem.InstallDate) & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "LargeSystemCache: " & $objItem.LargeSystemCache & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "LastBootUpTime: " & WMIDateStringToDate($objItem.LastBootUpTime) & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "LocalDateTime: " & WMIDateStringToDate($objItem.LocalDateTime) & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "Locale: " & $objItem.Locale & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "Manufacturer: " & $objItem.Manufacturer & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "MaxNumberOfProcesses: " & $objItem.MaxNumberOfProcesses & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "MaxProcessMemorySize: " & $objItem.MaxProcessMemorySize & @CRLF
      $strMUILanguages = $objItem.MUILanguages(0)
      $Output = $Output & "MUILanguages: " & $strMUILanguages & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "Name: " & $objItem.Name & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "NumberOfLicensedUsers: " & $objItem.NumberOfLicensedUsers & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "NumberOfProcesses: " & $objItem.NumberOfProcesses & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "NumberOfUsers: " & $objItem.NumberOfUsers & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "OperatingSystemSKU: " & $objItem.OperatingSystemSKU & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "Organization: " & $objItem.Organization & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "OSArchitecture: " & $objItem.OSArchitecture & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "OSLanguage: " & $objItem.OSLanguage & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "OSProductSuite: " & $objItem.OSProductSuite & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "OSType: " & $objItem.OSType & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "OtherTypeDescription: " & $objItem.OtherTypeDescription & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "PAEEnabled: " & $objItem.PAEEnabled & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "PlusProductID: " & $objItem.PlusProductID & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "PlusVersionNumber: " & $objItem.PlusVersionNumber & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "Primary: " & $objItem.Primary & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "ProductType: " & $objItem.ProductType & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "RegisteredUser: " & $objItem.RegisteredUser & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "SerialNumber: " & $objItem.SerialNumber & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "ServicePackMajorVersion: " & $objItem.ServicePackMajorVersion & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "ServicePackMinorVersion: " & $objItem.ServicePackMinorVersion & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "SizeStoredInPagingFiles: " & $objItem.SizeStoredInPagingFiles & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "Status: " & $objItem.Status & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "SuiteMask: " & $objItem.SuiteMask & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "SystemDevice: " & $objItem.SystemDevice & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "SystemDirectory: " & $objItem.SystemDirectory & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "SystemDrive: " & $objItem.SystemDrive & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "TotalSwapSpaceSize: " & $objItem.TotalSwapSpaceSize & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "TotalVirtualMemorySize: " & $objItem.TotalVirtualMemorySize & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "TotalVisibleMemorySize: " & $objItem.TotalVisibleMemorySize & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "Version: " & $objItem.Version & @CRLF
      $Output = $Output & "WindowsDirectory: " & $objItem.WindowsDirectory & @CRLF
      if Msgbox(1,"WMI Output",$Output) = 2 then ExitLoop
      $Output=""
   Next
Else
   Msgbox(0,"WMI Output","No WMI Objects Found for class: " & "Win32_OperatingSystem" )
Endif


Func WMIDateStringToDate($dtmDate)

    Return (StringMid($dtmDate, 5, 2) & "/" & _
    StringMid($dtmDate, 7, 2) & "/" & StringLeft($dtmDate, 4) _
    & " " & StringMid($dtmDate, 9, 2) & ":" & StringMid($dtmDate, 11, 2) & ":" & StringMid($dtmDate,13, 2))
EndFunc

[lgvlgv]

i will, thx very mutch for the help, now i have something to play with