Obtaining System Info Remotely
Last Updated: 25 Jul 2004
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Here are some methods for obtaining system information for
local and remote Windows NT machines:
MICROSOFT UTILS
• DXDIAG ................. Native Utility (Local Only)
• NETSH .................. Native Utility (Local Only)
• WINMSD ................. Native Utility
• MSINFO32 ............... Native Utility
• SYSTEMINFO ............. Native Utility -- WinXP
• WINMSDP ................ Resource Kit
• SRVINFO ................ Resource Kit
• DUMPCFG ................ Resource Kit -- Win2K (Local Only)
3RD PARTY UTILS
• Alchemy Net Inventory .. http://www.deksoftware.com/anin/
• Dr. Hardware ........... http://www.drhardware.de/
• Emco Remote Audit ...... http://www.emco.is/
• Emco Remote Audit ...... http://www.emco.is/
• Fresh Diagnose ......... http://www.freshdevices.com/freshdiag.html
• Hardware Info .......... http://www.hwinfo.com/
• IT Audit ............... http://www.datawizard.com.au/
• Lavalys Everest ........ http://www.lavalys.com/
• NetScanTools ........... http://www.netscantools.com/
• Northern Utilities ..... http://www.northern.net/siteUtilities/
• NTinfo ................. http://www.admwin.com/ntinfo.htm
• PC Information ......... http://idb.newmail.ru/eng/programs.html
• psInfo ................. http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/psinfo.shtml
• RemoteNOW .............. http://www.liutilities.com/products/remotenow/
• SiSoft Sandra .......... http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/
• Somix OStivity ......... http://www.somix.com/products/ostivity.php
• Support-Works Audit .... http://www.support-works.com/
• System Analyzer ........ http://www.majorgeeks.com/article.php?sid=339&cat=7
• TaskInfo ............... http://www.iarsn.com/download.html
• wCPUid ................. http://www.majorgeeks.com/article.php?sid=435
WIN32 ARCHIVES
• TweakXP ................ http://www.tweakxp.com/
• XP-Experience .......... http://xp-erience.org/
PERSONAL NOTES
• Can't say enough about PSINFO
• SYSTEMINFO is an XP tool which appears to be the
console equivalent of WINMSD
• Use the following command in XP and .NET Server to get
networking and system diagnostics info: NETSH DIAG GUI
• WINMSD in 2000 and XP actually calls MSINFO32 for its
functionality.
• As of 24 Mar 2004, Aida32 development will cease...
Time to find another excellent, free diagnostics and
benchmarking utility -- perhaps "Everest HOME Edition"