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Scenario:

We have a script which needs to be deployed to hosts across the domain footprint which needs to install a small application upon meeting certain criteria.  This seems to be a relatively easy task and can be easily accomplished in several ways. (example) One would be inclined to write a vbscript, use wmi, and enumerate some type of computer/vendor/model attribute prior to the install. To perhaps save some time, here is what we did and below is the criteria we used to make the decision through automation. Continue reading “check host if laptop” »

Had a question from somebody this morning asking about a host on the domain which a user reported was running very slowly. The technician was wondering if somebody could attach to the pc and see if they could find any ramped processes or issues with the host. Here is how we investigated the issue: