I am having poor luck running systeminfo against network computers. Half the time this command works:
systeminfo /s computer_name
And half the time I get a password request. I am doing this command at different sites implementing the same Windows based appliances.
I know the username and password for the Windows appliances but I can't get the syntax right. I've tried
systeminfo /s computer_name /u username /p passwords
That didn't work. I am not entirely sure if the computers are on a domain or not, but I tried the command with what the domain would be
systeminfo /s computer_name /u domain\username /p passwords
That didn't work.
The thing that is especially hard for me to wrap my head around is that the username and passwords on the PC and the appliances are all the same.
So I have three questions:
- Am I missing some syntax step?
- How do you handle the domain/username parameter for /u if there isn't a domain?
- Is there a way to definitively tell what the login domain should be? (before being able to log into the appliance)
1 Answer
If systeminfo /s localhost works for localhost but not for computer_name you might not have enough privileges for running such request on the remote computer.
PowerShell can prompt you the credential Window if you want to:
Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName computer_name -Credential domain\user
