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 Mar 26 2006, 10:57 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 620 Joined: 11-October 05 Member No.: 76348 
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Do you want to use the same CD for installing Windows on multiple computer from differant manufacturers and still maintain Pre-activation? If so I can help but I need your help. I've written a VBScript file that will try to determine who the manufacturer and what model your computer is. The third line of output is the manufacturer string converted into Hex. Please reply with the output from this VBScript so that I can make a database of manufacturer's strings. Please only reply if your computer was built by a Royalty OEM.
CODE strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colComputer = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem") For Each objComputer in colComputer MfgHex="" for i=1 to len(objComputer.Manufacturer) MfgHex=MfgHex & Hex(Asc(Mid(objComputer.Manufacturer,i,1))) If i Mod 4 = 0 then MfgHex=MfgHex & " " Next ComputerReport = ("Manufacturer: " & objComputer.Manufacturer & vbCrLf &_ "Model: " & objComputer.Model & vbCrLf &_ MfgHex) Next WScript.Echo ComputerReport Sample output QUOTE Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corp. Model: PowerVault 715N 44656C6C 20436F6D 70757465 7220436F 72702E This code hase been modified by gunsmokingman to output the report to a text file. CODE strComputer = "."
Dim Act, ComputerReport, Fso, Dtop, Report, Ts Set Act = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Dtop = Act.SpecialFolders("Desktop") Set Ts = Fso.CreateTextFile(Dtop & "\ComputerReport.txt") Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colComputer = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem") For Each objComputer In colComputer MfgHex="" For i=1 To Len(objComputer.Manufacturer) MfgHex=MfgHex & Hex(Asc(Mid(objComputer.Manufacturer,i,1))) If i Mod 4 = 0 then MfgHex=MfgHex & " " Next ComputerReport = (space(3) & "Manufacturer: " & objComputer.Manufacturer & vbCrLf &_ space(3) & "Model: " & objComputer.Model & vbCrLf & space(3)& MfgHex) Next Ts.WriteLine ComputerReport : Ts.Close Act.Run(Chr(34)& Dtop & "\ComputerReport.txt" & Chr(34)),1,True This post has been edited by Bezalel: Mar 28 2006, 10:40 AM |
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Mar 27 2006, 10:40 AM
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accent artist Group: Members Posts: 375 Joined: 10-January 06 From: your back Member No.: 84897 
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Nice idea
 But i've got 3 of them (different manufs), I am lazier than you, I don't know vbscript enough AND the output is a msgbox from which i cannot copy/paste ! Can you improve this (clipboard is enough, I'll do the rest) please? |
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Mar 27 2006, 12:45 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 620 Joined: 11-October 05 Member No.: 76348
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I origionally wanted to use the clipboard but MS doesn't let VBScript files access the clipboard. I changed the code from MsgBox to WScript.Echo so you can redirect the output to a text file
CODE cscript /nologo GetMfgName.vbs >> MfgName.txt
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Mar 28 2006, 12:44 AM
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accent artist Group: Members Posts: 375 Joined: 10-January 06 From: your back Member No.: 84897
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Thanks, and here you are:
Manufacturer: TOSHIBA Model: Satellite M30 544F5348 494241 Manufacturer: COMPAQ Model: PRESARIO 1721LA 470027-254 434F4D50 4151 Manufacturer: Packard Bell NEC Model: 00000000000000000000000 5061636B 61726420 42656C6C 204E4543 Reverse chronological order so the 3rd one is there for archeological purpose (not that the others are brand new...). Model is a EasyNote Sc 3703. Anyway manufacturer still exist! Also I don't have pre-activation on this one: it was shipped with WinMe! |
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Mar 28 2006, 01:28 AM
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Powered by Windows Embedded Group: Members Posts: 787 Joined: 3-January 04 From: Underworld Member No.: 11874 OS: XP Pro x86
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I will use it for RIS deployment. post #103 This post has been edited by Bilou_Gateux: Jul 26 2006, 10:07 AM |
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Mar 28 2006, 02:00 AM
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MSFN Addict Group: Members Posts: 1546 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Vancouver,B.C Member No.: 5386 
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I have added to your script so it produces a text file for them to send you or post here.
QUOTE CODE strComputer = "." Dim Act, ComputerReport, Fso, Dtop, Report, Ts Set Act = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") Set Fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Dtop = Act.SpecialFolders("Desktop") Set Ts = Fso.CreateTextFile(Dtop & "\ComputerReport.txt") Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colComputer = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem") For Each objComputer In colComputer MfgHex="" For i=1 To Len(objComputer.Manufacturer) MfgHex=MfgHex & Hex(Asc(Mid(objComputer.Manufacturer,i,1))) If i Mod 4 = 0 then MfgHex=MfgHex & " " Next ComputerReport = (space(3) & "Manufacturer: " & objComputer.Manufacturer & vbCrLf &_ space(3) & "Model: " & objComputer.Model & vbCrLf & space(3)& MfgHex) Next Ts.WriteLine ComputerReport : Ts.Close Act.Run(Chr(34)& Dtop & "\ComputerReport.txt" & Chr(34)),1,True |
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Mar 28 2006, 05:00 AM
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Sonic  Group: Patrons Posts: 1624 Joined: 4-December 03 From: France Member No.: 10366 OS: none
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I have many Acer notebook and classic tower to prepare ... I will post my results during this week if I can ... but what about integration of oembios files ? multiple I386 source ? a batch same as pyron method to swith oembios files ?
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Mar 28 2006, 10:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 620 Joined: 11-October 05 Member No.: 76348
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Sonic; I intend to install using the MS files and replace the files with vendor specific files from cmdlines.txt. I will not be providing the vendor specific files but will provide scripts to extract them from a working system. I'm not familiar with Pyron's method.
gunsmokingman; thanks for the code improvements. |
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Mar 28 2006, 02:59 PM
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MSFN Addict Group: Members Posts: 1546 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Vancouver,B.C Member No.: 5386
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Your welcome, hope what I added helps your project.
The text file is left on the user desktop. |
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Mar 30 2006, 10:28 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 620 Joined: 11-October 05 Member No.: 76348
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Is there any way to get the manufacturer's name without using WMI? apparently WMI isn't fully functional during setup (even when the WMI services are running). I know I can replace the files using GuiRunOnce but then I'd have to disable SFP and I'd rather replace the files before SFP is fully initialized and possibly have the replaced files be protected by SFP.
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Apr 1 2006, 11:24 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 28-May 05 Member No.: 57989 
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here u go...
Manufacturer: Samsung Electronics Model: SM40P 53616D73 756E6720 456C6563 74726F6E 696373 |
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Apr 9 2006, 05:39 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 620 Joined: 11-October 05 Member No.: 76348
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I've been having some problems with WFP so here is a temporary solution. In order for this to work WFP must be disabled on the machine you are building.
SetEnvVar.vbs CODE strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colComputer = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem") For Each objComputer in colComputer MfgHex="" for i=1 to len(objComputer.Manufacturer) MfgHex=MfgHex & Hex(Asc(Mid(objComputer.Manufacturer,i,1))) Next Next Set Shell=CreateObject("Wscript.Shell") Shell.Environment.item("MFGHEX") = MfgHex CollectOEMFiles.bat CODE setEnvVar.vbs copy %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\OEMBIOS.BIN .\%MFGHEX%.BIN attrib -s %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\OEMBIOS.CAT copy %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\OEMBIOS.CAT .\%MFGHEX%.CAT attrib +s %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\OEMBIOS.CAT copy %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\OEMBIOS.DAT .\%MFGHEX%.DAT copy %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\OEMBIOS.SIG .\%MFGHEX%.SIG RestoreOEMFiles.bat CODE %SYSTEMDRIVE%\oembios\setEnvVar.vbs copy /y %SYSTEMDRIVE%\oembios\%MFGHEX%.BIN %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\OEMBIOS.BIN attrib -s %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\OEMBIOS.CAT copy /y %SYSTEMDRIVE%\oembios\%MFGHEX%.CAT %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\OEMBIOS.CAT attrib +s %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\CatRoot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\OEMBIOS.CAT copy /y %SYSTEMDRIVE%\oembios\%MFGHEX%.DAT %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\OEMBIOS.DAT copy /y %SYSTEMDRIVE%\oembios\%MFGHEX%.SIG %SYSTEMROOT%\system32\OEMBIOS.SIG To collect your files put SetEnvVar.vbs and CollectOEMFiles.bat in the same directory and run CollectOEMFiles.bat This will create 4 files whose names are hex strings representing your PC manufacturer. On your CD put the files SetEnvVar.vbs, RestoreOEMFiles.bat, and all the files created by CollectOEMFiles.bat (from each manufacturer) in the \$OEM$\$1\OEMBIOS\ directory and run %SYSTEMDRIVE%\oembios\RestoreOEMFiles.bat from GUIRunOnce or RunOnceEx. This will not work from cmdlines.txt. You need to use the CD-Key used by your PC Manufacturer (or any other manufacturer) or one found at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechn...y/oempreac.mspx. This post has been edited by Bezalel: Apr 11 2006, 05:52 AM |
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Apr 10 2006, 11:28 AM
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Sonic Group: Patrons Posts: 1624 Joined: 4-December 03 From: France Member No.: 10366 OS: none
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CODE Manufacturer: Acer, inc. Model: Aspire 1640 41636572 2C20696E 632E CODE Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation Model: Inspiron 8600 44656C6C 20436F6D 70757465 7220436F 72706F72 6174696F 6E CODE Manufacturer: Acer Model: Aspire T135 41636572 CODE Manufacturer: Acer Model: Aspire T160 41636572 Bezalel, attach files required, it's better than copy/paste, thanks. Goodbye. |
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Apr 11 2006, 03:40 AM
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Powered by Windows Embedded Group: Members Posts: 787 Joined: 3-January 04 From: Underworld Member No.: 11874 OS: XP Pro x86
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@Bezalel
Not tried yet your scripts but: shouldn't be %SystemDrive%\System32 replaced with %SystemRoot%\System32 in both batch scripts. I would like to switch oembios* files @T39 using SMBios Details to identify System Manufacturer. Actually i can output SMBios Details using a HP tool (HPQSI.EXE) launched with a batch script (OCA_MRK.CMD) @T39 but i haven't yet written the script to parse the output and copy the right OEMBIOS* files depending of the manufacturer. ristndrd.sif QUOTE [GuiUnattended]OemSkipWelcome = 1 OemSkipRegional = 1 TimeZone = %TIMEZONE% AdminPassword = "*" DetachedProgram=".\system32\cmd.exe" Arguments="/Q /C FOR /F %I IN (%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\$WINNT$.INF) DO (FOR %J IN (%I\$OEM$) DO (IF EXIST %J (%J\NirCmd.exe exec hide %J\OCA_MRK.CMD)))" sample HPQSI.INI QUOTE [ParsedHPQSystemInformation]Product Name="HP Compaq dc7600 Convertible Minitower"
Product Number="EC834ET#ABF" Serial Number="HUB#######" [RawHPQSystemInformation] BIOSVendor="Hewlett-Packard" BIOSVersion="786D1 v01.03" BIOSReleaseDate="05/18/2005" BIOSMajorVersion="1" BIOSMinorVersion="3" ECFirmwareMajorVersion="0xff" ECFirmwareMinorVersion="0xff" SystemManufacturer="Hewlett-Packard" SystemProductName="HP Compaq dc7600 Convertible Minitower" SystemVersion=" " SystemFamily="103C_53307F" SystemSKU="EC834ET#ABF" SystemSerialNumber="HUB#######" BaseBoardManufacturer="Hewlett-Packard" BaseBoardProductName="09F0h" BaseBoardVersion="" ProcessorManufacturer="Intel" ProcessorVersion="Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.00GHz" ProcessorID="0xf43" MemoryDeviceManufacturer[1]="JEDEC ID:C1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00" MemoryDeviceSerialNumber[1]="13720101" MemoryDevicePartNumber[1]="64T32000HU3.7A" MemoryDeviceManufacturer[2]="JEDEC ID:" MemoryDeviceSerialNumber[2]=" " MemoryDevicePartNumber[2]=" " MemoryDeviceManufacturer[3]="JEDEC ID:C1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00" MemoryDeviceSerialNumber[3]="13E60101" MemoryDevicePartNumber[3]="64T32000HU3.7A" MemoryDeviceManufacturer[4]="JEDEC ID:" MemoryDeviceSerialNumber[4]=" " MemoryDevicePartNumber[4]=" " This post has been edited by Bilou_Gateux: Apr 13 2006, 01:48 AM |
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Apr 11 2006, 06:10 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 620 Joined: 11-October 05 Member No.: 76348
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QUOTE (Bilou_Gateux @ Apr 11 2006, 05:40 AM)  shouldn't be %SystemDrive%\System32 replaced with %SystemRoot%\System32 in both batch scripts. You are right I've fixed that post QUOTE (Bilou_Gateux @ Apr 11 2006, 05:40 AM) Actually i can output SMBios Details using a HP tool (HPQSI.EXE) launched with a batch script (OCA_MRK.CMD) @T39 but i haven't yet written the script to parse the output and copy the right OEMBIOS* files depending of the manufacturer. Is HPQSI.EXE publicly available? I know I have a copy of IBM's SMBIOS.EXE, I'll try to see if I can do anything with the output of these files. I don't want to build my script around files that are not freely available to the public. |
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Apr 11 2006, 08:20 AM
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Powered by Windows Embedded Group: Members Posts: 787 Joined: 3-January 04 From: Underworld Member No.: 11874 OS: XP Pro x86
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QUOTE (Bezalel @ Apr 11 2006, 01:10 PM) Is HPQSI.EXE publicly available? I know I have a copy of IBM's SMBIOS.EXE, I'll try to see if I can do anything with the output of these files. I don't want to build my |