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I would love to do this in Powershell but that isn't an option. I have a bunch of computers I'm looking to rename and am trying to automate the process as much as I can. I'd like to have a csv file setup with two columns (oldname,newname) and be able to pull that info into a vbs script to rename the computers automatically. The code to rename an individual computer is: Name = "wantedcomputername" Password = "localadminpassword" Username = "localadminusername" Set objWMIService = GetObject("Winmgmts:root\cimv2") 'Call always gets only one Win32_ComputerSystem object. For Each objComputer In

I am using wmic to get the time. I have narrowed this down to a one (1) line .bat file. I have learned from stackoverflow about piping stdin and stdout to avoid hangs. C:> type t.bat TYPE NUL | wmic os get localdatetime | findstr . It seems that if I run wmic concurrently, it will occasionally fail. If I create two cmd shells and run the following command in each, errors similar to the one below appear. for /l %i in (0,1,100) do (call t.bat) ... C:> TYPE NUL | wmic os get localdatetime | findstr . Win32 Error: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process. This

How can I use a batch file to send a text file or a .doc or similar, to a printer plugged into the computer through a USB port? Also to get the printer name: wmic printer get name /value | findstr Name It will list all printers like: Name=PDF Name=Microsoft XPS Document Writer Name=Fax And if you know part of the name, you may include it in a variable dynamically with FOR . @echo off for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ( 'wmic printer get name /value ^| findstr PartOfThePrinterName' ) do ( set "printer_name=%%a" ) REM Also you can remove the FOR command if you want to set the variable as static.

I'm using a WMIC command to output a list of SIDS and accompanying user profile names to text. From the text, I can edit a list of SIDS I need to add a set of registry keys to. However, the script that loops through the edited text file of SIDS is encoded in a format the script doesn't pick up and just fails to run. Using notepad++ I can re-encode from UCS-2 LE BOM to UTF-8 and then I can complete the script hassle free. How can I make the output from the WMIC text default to UTF-8 ?. I noticed this on more that one PC. To cure the problem, as mentioned, I can re-encode in notepad++ but its a

I know how to get total physical memory from win32_computersystem class. but that comes in bytes or kb. I want this information in MB or GB. in wmi (wql) query. wmic also work. thanks in advance. You must convert the value of the property manually. Also is better use Win32_PhysicalMemory WMI class. Try this sample using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Management; using System.Text; namespace GetWMI_Info { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { try { ManagementScope Scope; Scope = new ManagementScope(String.Format("\\\\{0}\\root\\CIMV2", "."), null); Scope

I'm trying to use WMIC to remove some old printers on our older print servers if I use the below syntax from the command line it works WMIC PRINTER WHERE "SERVERNAME LIKE '%%OLDSERVERNAME%%'" DELETE I was asked to see if I could make it replace the printers or update them to spare the helpdesk from getting "how do I add my printer" calls I tried some variation with SET to set the properties for SERVERNAME, it appear to process, but nothing changes and doing a GET shows the old value still. so I figured I could do a FOR /F loop, wrap the name of the printer (sharename) in a variable and then

I am trying to retrieve the modification date of a file in a locale-independent manner, using the following wmic command: wmic DataFile WHERE Name="D:\\Data\\sample.txt" GET LastModified This works perfectly as long as the given file path does not contain any comma , . The method below allows commas in the file path but fails if a closing parenthesis ) appears: wmic DataFile WHERE (Name="D:\\Data\\sample.txt") GET LastModified Up to now, I tried numerous different combinations, but without success: WHERE Name=D:\\Data\\sample.txt (this fails in general, I guess due to wrong data type) WHERE