Computer Name, Model and Serial Number

Discovering using a button on a form

[fish_eye]

I am trying to write a script to access the Computer Name, Model and Serial Number (etc - basic stuff).

I have been using WMI and VBS stored on a server but in order for these to work I have to download the scripts to the local machine (which is a pain).

Has anyone used JS to access this information (I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to JS)?

Thanks...

[moltar]

No, you cannot access this information through javascript, thanks God!

[fish_eye]

thanks God!

Why is that - is this too scary from a privacy point of view?

(It looks like it can be done with asp.net btw - the computername anyway.)

[bakedjake]

is this too scary from a privacy point of view?

Are you kidding?

If you're trying to generate a unique identifier for licensing reasons, there are better and easier ways to do this.

Otherwise, I have no idea what you would want this information for other than malicious purposes.

[moltar]

Yes it is. If you could get such information, then you could get tracked precisely and users would not be able to get away from it unless they disable JS.

[fish_eye]

It's actually for use within an intranet (which is probably not relevant).

We want to provide a technician who is replacing an old machine with a new machine with the ability to discover the old asset's details, put this in the html form they have open in the browser and then submit the form to a database.

They then do much the same on the new machine. They bring up the details of the old machine (by accessing the database record) then discover the new machine's details by pressing a button on the form (thus pairing off the machines).

So.... if there's a cleaner way to do this that you know of (we are using asp.net) then I'm all ears.

(We can do it by running a VBScript from the cmd window which calls WMI (W2K and XP) and creates a text file which is then read by the JS within the form but the tech has to physically run the script and we are trying to avoid this step.)

[moltar]

You could probably somehow do it with activex and then make activex pass the values to JS (not sure if this is possible, just making suggestions).

[fish_eye]

The more I think about it..... the more I hope that it cannot be done....

[bakedjake]

YY, I believe dell does it with an ActiveX app.