check memory remotely 1

[oned]

Does anyone know of a way to find out how much memory a computer has that is in a wan?
I would like to query machines to see total memory and if possible number of simms installed.

 

[Auger282]

mmc.exe and use a remote computer management snap-in.. as long as you have rights to that computer you should be able to remotely look at the stats/ config..

 

[oned]

Which snap-in? There is no remote computer management snap-in. Can't find memory under computer management.

 

[kmcferrin]

If you have administrator rights on the remote PC and the PC is running Windows 2000 or later (or Windows Script Host) you can use the following script:

On Error Resume Next

Const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = &h10
Const wbemFlagForwardOnly = &h20

arrComputers = Array("PCNAME1","PCNAME2","PCNAME3")
For Each strComputer In arrComputers

   Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2")
   Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_PhysicalMemory", "WQL", _
                                          wbemFlagReturnImmediately + wbemFlagForwardOnly)
   intTotalMemory = 0
   For Each objItem In colItems
      intTotalMemory = intTotalMemory + objItem.Capacity
   Next
   intTotalMegabytes = intTotalMemory / 1048576
   WScript.Echo "Computer: " & strComputer & "   " & "Total Memory: " & intTotalMegabytes & " MB"
Next

Just copy and paste it into notepad, replace "PCNAME1", etc with the actual PC names, save it as something with .VBS extension, then run it.