Scripts can do this - check out the Script-o-matics on the Microsoft scripting pages for both a PowerShell version and a VB Script version.
Also, Kim Opalfens has done some really good articles on WMI recently: http://www.myitforum.com/absolutenm/default.aspx?zoneid=89&search=Kim+Oppalf ens -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 7:49 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WMI information gathering Exactly! Which is why we're trying to figure out if we can comply, by letting them get whatever info they need, without giving them the keys to our domain... >>> James Rankin <kz2...@googlemail.com> 8/3/2010 11:38 AM >>> Domain Admin access not a big deal? Morons. I wouldn't let any third parties near a Domain Admin account. On 3 August 2010 19:15, Joseph Heaton <jhea...@dfg.ca.gov> wrote: > 1. Yes, we are required to do this. It's supposed to be for > information gathering only, but we're trying to cover our backsides, > in case they mess something up. > Yes, we can gain benefit, in that we can use this to get WMI > access for our Orion product. > 2. Documentation is a difficult thing. The wording of their message > is such that they feel it's not a big deal for us to just give them a > domain admin account to play with. > > >>> Steven Peck <sep...@gmail.com> 8/3/2010 10:49 AM >>> > To be honest the real questions are; > 1. Are you required to do this? (Usually yes) > - if yes, can you gain benefit? (Usually you can) 2. Do they have > documentation on least privilege necessary for their tools to run? > > > > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Free, Bob <r...@pge.com> wrote: > > My experience with WMI and CMDB or security scanner products tells > > me you are out of luck, at some point, the information they require > > is situated such that they require admin privs just to be able to read it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joseph Heaton [mailto:jhea...@dfg.ca.gov] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:18 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: WMI information gathering > > > > Anyone have any idea on this one? > > > >>>> Joseph Heaton <jhea...@dfg.ca.gov> 8/2/2010 3:42 PM >>> > > We have a group that wants to come in, and "scan our servers" to > > gather information. We want to cooperate with this effort, but we > > don't want to give them access to be able to write back to the > > servers. Is this possible? Is there a tool that can be used > > without an admin account, in order to gather information from within > > WMI? Please contact offline for further details, if needed. As > > always, I sincerely appreciate any assistance any of you may be able to provide. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
