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by twhite

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I am looking for an easy way to determine what OS is running on all the machines on my Windows 2000 network. I have tried port scanners, but have found they are not very accurate. I only need to distinguish between Win95, Win98, and Win2K. WMI is not an option as it requires a client install on W9x machines.

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by an_it_guy

If you are interested in getting the info on OS only, you may want to use the Windows Server Manager utility which similar to that available in Administrative Tools in WinNT4.0
On your Win2K Server, go to Start>RUN, type: srvmgr and hit enter. It should open the Server Manager that shows all the pcs on your network along with their respective Operating Systems.
Cheers.

by joseph moore

Ok, there is a freeware tool I like called WINFO that might help you.
You can get it at http://www.ntsecurity.nu/toolbox/winfo/

It is command-line based, and it is a Windows scanner. It really works well, even against locked-down machines.

Iwill post in the next comment box a sample of what it displays in normal mode. The Verbose mode gives too much info to post here.

by joseph moore

C:\program files\winfo>winfo 10.1.1.228

Winfo 2.0 - copyright (c) 1999-2003, Arne Vidstrom
- http://www.ntsecurity.nu/toolbox/winfo/

SYSTEM INFORMATION:

- OS version: 4.0

DOMAIN INFORMATION:

- Primary domain (legacy): MYDOMAIN
- Account domain: MACHINE1

Warning: Unable to retrieve domain DNS information.
Reason : Not supported by the remote OS.

PASSWORD POLICY:

- Time between end of logon time and forced logoff: No forced logoff
- Maximum password age: 42 days
- Minimum password age: 0 days
- Password history length: 0 passwords
- Minimum password length: 0 characters

LOCOUT POLICY:

- Lockout duration: 30 minutes
- Reset lockout counter after 30 minutes
- Lockout threshold: 0

SESSIONS:

- Computer: MACHINE2
- User: USERX

LOGGED IN USERS:

* USER1

USER ACCOUNTS:

* Administrator

(This account is the built-in administrator account)

* Guest

(This account is the built-in guest account)

WORKSTATION TRUST ACCOUNTS:

INTERDOMAIN TRUST ACCOUNTS:

SERVER TRUST ACCOUNTS:

SHARES:

* ADMIN$

- Type: Special share reserved for IPC or administrative share
- Remark: Remote Admin

* IPC$

- Type: Unknown- Remark: Remote IPC

* C$

- Type: Special share reserved for IPC or administrative share
- Remark: Default share

* D$

- Type: Special share reserved for IPC or administrative share
- Remark: Default share

* X$ - Type: Special share reserved for IPC or administrative share
- Remark: Default share

C:\program files\winfo>

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