Re: [ActiveDir] Getting the Pre Windows 2000 name for a domain

[SysPro Support]

Title: RE: [ActiveDir] OT:Exchange 2003 SP1 bloat

Hi Michael,   Thanks for the response, But it isn't quite what I want. The code you give gives the NetBios name of the logged on user. I am trying to find the NetBios name for another domain.   I have tried enumerating all machines on the domain and then pinging them, but it takes too long. We have 20,000 machines, of which 10,000 are offline. Each ping to an offline machine takes 1 sec to time out, so it takes over 3 hours! I was looking a for a quicker way....   Alan C ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael B. Smith To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 8:47 PM Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Getting the Pre Windows 2000 name for a domain As to the first question:   Dim objWSHNetwork   Set objWSHNetwork = CreateObject ("WScript.Network") ' get the NetBIOS domain name strNetBIOSDomain = objWSHNetwork.UserDomain Set objWSHNetwork = Nothing   As to the second question, see   http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/scripts/ad/computer/cptrvb07.mspx   and   http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=""> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SysPro Support Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 1:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] Getting the Pre Windows 2000 name for a domain Hi,   I have a requirement to determine the machines that are currently online for a particular domain. I use the Net View  command and give it a domain name such as:   Net View /Domain:DomName   Since  I know the Fully qualified Domain name AAA.BBB.CCC then I use:-   Net View /Domain:AAA   and it normally works. However I have one client that uses a different Pre Windows 2000 name (don't ask me why). I tried the following bit of code to try and programmatically work out the Pre Windows 2000 name:-       Dim Sdou As IADs     Dim PropertyValue As Variant          Set Sdou = GetObject("LDAP://DC=AAA,DC=BBB,DC=CCC")     For Each PropertyValue In Sdou.GetEx("Name")         If PropertyValue <> "" Then             MsgBox PropertyValue         End If     Next but it just returned AAA.   So, is there a property in Active Directory that returns the Pre Windows 2000 name?   Alternatively, is there anyway to determine the machines that are online via AD, rather than via the Net View command?   Alan Cuthbertson