C#: get information about computer in domain

Question

What classes should I use in C# in order to get information about a certain computer in my network? (Like who is logged on that computer, what Operating System is running on that computer, what ports are opened etc)

Solution 1

WMI Library and here is a VB.net example. It shouldn't be difficult to convert it to C#

Solution 2

Checkout System.Management and System.Management.ManagementClass. Both are used for accessing WMI, which is how to get the information in question.

Edit: Updated with sample to access WMI from remote computer:

ConnectionOptions options;
options = new ConnectionOptions();

options.Username = userID;
options.Password = password;
options.EnablePrivileges = true;
options.Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate;

ManagementScope scope;
scope = new ManagementScope("\\\\" + ipAddress + "\\root\\cimv2", options);
scope.Connect();

String queryString = "SELECT PercentProcessorTime, PercentInterruptTime, InterruptsPersec FROM Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Processor";

ObjectQuery query;
query = new ObjectQuery(queryString);

ManagementObjectSearcher objOS = new ManagementObjectSearcher(scope, query);

DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add("PercentProcessorTime");
dt.Columns.Add("PercentInterruptTime");
dt.Columns.Add("InterruptsPersec");

foreach (ManagementObject MO in objOS.Get())
{
    DataRow dr = dt.NewRow();
    dr["PercentProcessorTime"] = MO["PercentProcessorTime"];
    dr["PercentInterruptTime"] = MO["PercentInterruptTime"];
    dr["InterruptsPersec"] = MO["InterruptsPersec"];

    dt.Rows.Add(dr);
}

Note: userID, password, and ipAddress must all be defined to match your environment.

Solution 3

Here is an example of using it in like an about box. MSDN has the rest of the items you can all.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Management;

namespace About_box
{
    public partial class About : Form
    {
        public About()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            FormLoad();
        }

        public void FormLoad()
        {
            SystemInfo si;
            SystemInfo.GetSystemInfo(out si);

            txtboxApplication.Text = si.AppName;
            txtboxVersion.Text = si.AppVersion;
            txtBoxComputerName.Text = si.MachineName;
            txtBoxMemory.Text = Convert.ToString((si.TotalRam / 1073741824)
                + " GigaBytes");
            txtBoxProcessor.Text = si.ProcessorName;
            txtBoxOperatingSystem.Text = si.OperatingSystem;
            txtBoxOSVersion.Text = si.OperatingSystemVersion;
            txtBoxManufacturer.Text = si.Manufacturer;
            txtBoxModel.Text = si.Model;
        }


    }
}

Solution 4

Look into the WMI library.

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Comments

[Nate]

This will only work if the code is run ON the machine in question; and will not work to get information about another machine on the network.