Re: checking if remote computer is running

"Gerry Hickman" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> > I'd like to check if a remote computer on local network is running. I
> > found some vbscript/javascript examples that used WMI to look for the
> > presence of a particular process on the remote machine. these scripts
> > were run locally via WSH. I adapted this solution to look for the
> > presence of a process named "System" on the remote computer, and it
> > worked...
>
> That seems like a lot of overhead to me, and anyway you may get lag if
> the computer is turned off. Why don't you just send a single ping packet
> and see if you get a reply?
>
> > My second question is related to the above: is it possible to change the
> > "presentation layer" from WSH-popup window to, for example, html page
> > that would display a table with the names of remote machines along with
> > their status (running/not running), and refreshing itself automatically?
>
> Yes, first of all you should change your default script host to CSCRIPT,
> this will make everything happen on the command line, allow command
> redirection, enable silent running (out of hours), and cut out about a
> million other problems.
>
> Second, if you want a web UI you should use either an HTA (running on
> the local box), or a web server based solution running on a web server.
>
> --
> Gerry Hickman (London UK)
>