But you can only run bginfo on a local box, not on a remote box. He would have to termserv to the remote box to view the wallpaper that bginfo creates.
I see the following possible ways to determine OS type: 1. If terminal services are activated on all servers, if the tsclient can connect to the box, it's a server 2. You can go into ADUC and view the properties of the computer account. The operating system tab will show "Windows 2000 Server" or "Windows 2000 Professional" 3. You could (via a script) connect to the computer object in AD and look at the value of the operatingSystem attribute. By default, methods 2 and 3 work for Windows 200x and Windows XP -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Foster Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 11:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] win2k pro or server? OK, I know this'll sound like there's only one tool in my toolbox...but how about trying bginfo and running it on your PCs via a logon script. This will give you OS type plus a whole lot more. -----Original Message----- From: Kern, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 2:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] win2k pro or server? ha ha, i meant to query remote pcs on my network... -----Original Message----- From: Brown, Bill [contractor] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 2:21 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] win2k pro or server? If you hit the start button - there is a vertical bar that displays this information... R/Bill -----Original Message----- From: Kern, Tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 2:14 PM To: ActiveDir (E-mail) Subject: [ActiveDir] win2k pro or server? Sorry if this is really basic and covered before- but whats the quickest way(via script or gui admin tool) to tell if a particular pc/server is running win2k pro or server? thanks List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
