Dell Monitor Serial Lookup

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  • this is awesome... how can I get this txt file info into a custom inventory rule?
  • I created a custom inventory field:
    Display Name (title): Monitor Serial Number
    Publisher (Vendor): My Company (replace this with yours)
    Supported OS: Windows - I picked all Windows I saw, except Windows 2000. Because I have very few of those left < 1%. If you need Win2k support, the script would need to be modified and also the custom inventory rule.
    Custom Inventory Rule:
    FileExists(C:WindowsTempKACE-Monitor-info.txt) AND ShellCommandTextReturn(cmd /c type C:WindowsTempKACE-Monitor-info.txt)
    For the script I put it as an offline kscript.
    • I agree this is awesome... but we've only had our kbox for a few months and i havent learned to do scripts before today (the auditor is here for a month :( uggg) Is there a comprehensive import vbs scripts to kace script somewhere?
      I am able to run the above script from a pc (not from kace console) and get the resulting text file to show in kace custom inventory field.
      I just cant figure out how to combine the above script with the:
      'The following is an example of the XML structure for an appliance script:
      <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>
      <kbots xmlns='http://kace.com/Kbots.xsd'>
      <kbot>
      <config name='name=' type='policy' version='version=' description='description='>
      <execute disconnected='false' logged_off='false'>
      </execute>
      </config>
      <compliance>
      </compliance>
      </kbot>
      </kbots>'
      requirement from the Creating and editing scripts help section. How can do?
  • After seeing the script in action I see some potential drawbacks:
    The monitor sn will not be unique in the custom inventory fields, because if a computer monitor was not uninstalled on a PC before removal, it will still show up in the registry.
    Also, the monitor may show up on a lot of computers registry if it was on the master sysprep image.
    I plan to test out Extron EDID manager to see if it reads from the monitor EDID instead of the windows registry.
    http://www.extron.com/product/software.aspx?id=edidmanager

Thanks guys, Much appreciated for the prompt response. Unfortunately I hadn't written much so far as powershell is virtually brand new to me, I had played around with vbscript many years ago and read several forums warning of especially Dell using different Serial numbers than what is on the sticker and apparently the need to search for 'Friendly Names/Numbers'.