User1880055189 posted
Although most of the above is true you could potentially use the System.Management interface to query WMI data. However the ASPNET account will require elevated privileges on the machines you wish to query... which is a potential security risk. Also
the WMI can be very complex and difficult to grasp which may be more time consuming than you expect. I would not use this method on an internet site, however you could as an intranet app. Also it should be on a Windows domain. Check with your administrator
if they would allow the ASPNET account to query WMI Data.
Anyways to get you started here's a few links:
System.Management namespace:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemmanagement.asp
good examples / quick guide: http://aspalliance.com/629#Page2
WMI Scripts:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/wmi_tasks_for_scripts_and_applications.asp
That last one is pretty good because it goes over how to get, for example, computer hardware > how much free memory does a computer have...
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colSettings = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem")
For Each objOperatingSystem in colSettings
Wscript.Echo "Available Physical Memory: " & _
objOperatingSystem.FreePhysicalMemory
Next
However note that this is Windows Scripting so it will slightly differ when doing the same thing with .NET
