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#91122 - 2003-01-17 09:17 PM WMI behavior
Jose Jose Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-04-04 Posts: 693 Loc: Buenos Aires - Argentina	Hi guys....nice to be Friday again I am wondering if any of you had trouble with WMI query, cause I am testing logon script un several machines and I found that not all of the machines answer the same. For exaple: code: $System_Bios = WMIQuery("SMBIOSBIOSVersion","Win32_BIOS") $Modelo = WMIQuery("Model","Win32_ComputerSystem") Wount work on Pentium 200 MMX (value="") and do on Pentium Celeron 1200 (new). Is there a limitation about old equipment and WMI?. Thanks again guys. [ 17. January 2003, 21:19: Message edited by: jose3 ] _________________________ Life is fine.
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#91123 - 2003-01-17 09:20 PM Re: WMI behavior
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	Do the computers where it doesn't work have a SMBIOS installed? Use the WMI Object Browser from the WMI SDK to take a closer look. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#91124 - 2003-01-17 10:32 PM Re: WMI behavior
Jose Jose Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-04-04 Posts: 693 Loc: Buenos Aires - Argentina	Sealeopard thanks for the 3 minutes answer. I installed WMISDK in one of these computers and Model has "empty" value on the WMI Object Browser. I cannot see if it has SMBIOS installed or the version. _________________________ Life is fine.
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#91125 - 2003-01-17 10:37 PM Re: WMI behavior
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	IIRC, SMBIOS came about at around the Pentium/Pentium II release. It's an extended BIOS for system management. A Google search would give you this info. Thus, some older computers might not have an SMBIOS (DMI BIOS) but just a standard BIOS. I know that our leftover Pentium-133s don't have SMBIOS. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#91126 - 2003-01-17 11:48 PM Re: WMI behavior
Jose Jose Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-04-04 Posts: 693 Loc: Buenos Aires - Argentina	Let me understang better before going arround. Am I gona have to end up flashing the bios, updating the version so as to make it DMI...if it is possible. Pardon my ignorance. Once I did this in my computer and I almoust lost it, I coudnt find the original to make it go back to its original configuration. What about old computers do they usually fit in the normal inventory? Thanks for the help sealeopard. _________________________ Life is fine.
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#91127 - 2003-01-17 11:51 PM Re: WMI behavior
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	AFAIK, you cannot just upgrade to an SMBIOS. Older computers simply are not capable of supporting it. Thus, a computer either has an SMBIOS or it has it not. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#91128 - 2003-01-18 06:24 AM Re: WMI behavior
Jose Jose Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-04-04 Posts: 693 Loc: Buenos Aires - Argentina	AFAIK ?? What does it mean ? Well this is not good news but i will have to search other ways to do it. Standard kix macros and a couple of codes I saw arround can give you pretty good info. Thanks again sealeopard. _________________________ Life is fine.
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#91129 - 2003-01-18 03:41 PM Re: WMI behavior
Sealeopard Sealeopard KiX Master Registered: 2001-04-25 Posts: 11165 Loc: Boston, MA, USA	As Far As I Know. Simplest solution, get rid of all PCs that do not have an SMBIOS as they are way too old anyway to run any supported Microsoft OS. However, those PCs migth still have a life as Linux computers, .e.g firewall/router/IDS/printserver. _________________________ There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
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#91130 - 2003-01-18 06:05 PM Re: WMI behavior
Jose Jose Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-04-04 Posts: 693 Loc: Buenos Aires - Argentina	You have been very clear Jens. Thank you very much for the data and advice. See you. _________________________ Life is fine.
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