fb6239685f To find this, you'd need to use WMI and query each computer for it's serial number, which could be a very time-consuming task: .Multithreading the process can help with thatReply Joseph Moody says April 22, 2015 at 7:58 am The file was encoded as UTF-8next pageLikeShareEmbedShow TemplatesHide TemplatesStoryGridSlideshowFull HeaderMini HeaderBorderEmbed CodeShareTwitterFacebookGoogle ShareStorifyTwitterFacebookGoogle PinterestLinkedInEmailRelated stories Report AbuseStorify 2AboutBlogJobsToolsAPITermsPrivacy 2017 StorifySecond, computers without a monitor tag in the descriptionare almost always laptopsI still dont have the Description fields however, only adminDescriptionWindows Remote Management (WINRM) is enabled by default in Windows Server 2012 R2No errors when the script runs, but no updates to the computer object eitherTo export this information, you can create a custom query in Active Directory or you can use PowerShell (either the Get-ADComputer or Get-QADComputer cmdlet)TechNet Products IT Resources Downloads Training Support Products Windows Windows Server System Center Microsoft Edge Office Office 365 Exchange Server SQL Server SharePoint Products Skype for Business See all products Resources Channel 9 Video Evaluation Center Learning Resources Microsoft Tech Companion App Microsoft Technical Communities Microsoft Virtual Academy Script Center Server and Tools Blogs TechNet Blogs TechNet Flash Newsletter TechNet Gallery TechNet Library TechNet Magazine TechNet Subscriptions TechNet Wiki Windows Sysinternals Virtual Labs Solutions Networking Cloud and Datacenter Security Virtualization Updates Service Packs Security Bulletins Windows Update Trials Windows Server 2016 System Center 2016 Windows 10 Enterprise SQL Server 2016 See all trials Related Sites Microsoft Download Center TechNet Evaluation Center Drivers Windows Sysinternals TechNet Gallery Training Expert-led, virtual classes Training Catalog Class Locator Microsoft Virtual Academy Free Windows Server 2012 courses Free Windows 8 courses SQL Server training Microsoft Official Courses On-Demand Certifications Certification overview MCSA: Windows 10 Windows Server Certification (MCSE) Private Cloud Certification (MCSE) SQL Server Certification (MCSE) Other resources Microsoft Events Second shot for certification Born To Learn blog Find technical communities in your area Support options For business For developers For IT professionals For technical support Support offerings More support Microsoft Premier Online TechNet Forums MSDN Forums Security Bulletins & Advisories Not an IT pro? Microsoft Customer Support Microsoft Community Forums
Michael Marked as answer by gwendibbley Monday, December 14, 2009 1:46 PM Sunday, December 13, 2009 9:48 PM Reply Quote 0 Sign in to vote Okey, so right now the task sequence looks like this: 1While this is valuable, I prefer to do dynamic capturing of computer and user objects directly from my Active Directory(Source: Russell Smith) Sponsored Retrieving the Serial Number from a Remote Computer The get-ciminstance cmdlet creates a temporary session to remote computers using the WSMAN protocol over HTTPCNSerial-Number Ldap-Display-NameserialNumber Size- Update Privilege- Update Frequency- Attribute-Id2.5.4.5 System-Id-Guidbf967a32-0de6-11d0-a285-00aa003049e2 Syntax String(IA5) Implementations Windows2000 Server Windows Server2003 Windows Server2003R2 Windows Server2008 Windows Server2008R2 Windows Server2012 Windows2000 Server Link-Id- MAPI-Id0x8130 System-OnlyFalse Is-Single-ValuedFalse Is IndexedFalse In Global CatalogFalse NT-Security-DescriptorO:BAG:BAD:S: Range-Lower1 Range-Upper64 Search-Flags0x00000000 System-Flags0x00000010 Classes used in Device Server Windows Server2003 Link-Id- MAPI-Id0x8130 System-OnlyFalse Is-Single-ValuedFalse Is IndexedFalse In Global CatalogFalse NT-Security-DescriptorO:BAG:BAD:S: Range-Lower1 Range-Upper64 Search-Flags0x00000000 System-Flags0x00000010 Classes used in Device Person Server Windows Server2003R2 Link-Id- MAPI-Id0x8130 System-OnlyFalse Is-Single-ValuedFalse Is IndexedFalse In Global CatalogFalse NT-Security-DescriptorO:BAG:BAD:S: Range-Lower1 Range-Upper64 Search-Flags0x00000000 System-Flags0x00000010 Classes used in Device Person Server Windows Server2008 Link-Id- MAPI-Id0x8130 System-OnlyFalse Is-Single-ValuedFalse Is IndexedFalse In Global CatalogFalse NT-Security-DescriptorO:BAG:BAD:S: Range-Lower1 Range-Upper64 Search-Flags0x00000000 System-Flags0x00000010 Classes used in Device Person Server Windows Server2008R2 Link-Id- MAPI-Id0x8130 System-OnlyFalse Is-Single-ValuedFalse Is IndexedFalse In Global CatalogFalse NT-Security-DescriptorO:BAG:BAD:S: Range-Lower1 Range-Upper64 Search-Flags0x00000000 System-Flags0x00000010 Classes used in Device Person Server Windows Server2012 Link-Id- MAPI-Id0x8130 System-OnlyFalse Is-Single-ValuedFalse Is IndexedFalse In Global CatalogFalse NT-Security-DescriptorO:BAG:BAD:S: Range-Lower1 Range-Upper64 Search-Flags0x00000000 System-Flags0x00000010 Classes used in Device Person Server Show: Inherited Protected Print Export (0) Print Share IN THIS ARTICLE We need to update AD with all our currently deployed systems with their serial number that way when we do a AD query for the serial number we will get the corresponding computer name that it's registered with to avoid several potential issuesI doubt this could be a security hole but it was a raised concern.Jason Reply Joseph Moody says April 5, 2014 at 8:30 pm It should not be a security issue at allThe second one with the alternate method gives me compile errors when I try to run itThanks for all the helpNotify me of new posts by email
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