A Practically Painless Approach to Getting Windows Information

As part of our data center environment, our support division is constantly processing requests for revised information regarding our customers' Windows servers. They didn't like using the WinMSD utility; which provides all possible Windows information, because they had to sort through more than 30 pages to obtain the basic information they needed (e.g., number of processors, RAM, number of hard disks).

In the Reader to Reader article “Obtain Computer Information in an Easy-to-Read Format” (InstantDoc ID 92855), I introduced an alternative: using All-Information.vbs. This script runs on a local machine and gives users a text file that contains the most commonly requested system information. Although this script is quite useful, it has limitations. So, I revised it, creating the new All-Info-MultiServer.vbs script. After I tell you what has changed, show you how to use the script and how it works. . . .