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1. A Windows Script that lists all Hardware Devices that are not working on the local computer

Posted on WisdomBay @ 1:11 AM 2/25/2006 | Post by Pramod S Nair

This Windows Script coded in VBScript can be used by System Admins for listing, devices that are having conflicts or troubles on the local machine. This script can be modified to write the output to a file or something for creating a list of trouble making devices.

'A Windows Script For Finding Hardware Devices that ' are not working on the local computer 'It list's info on those devices that are having conflict or other problems 'Compiled by Pramod S Nair 'http://www.wisdombay.com 'Written 2:47 PM 02/24/2006 'Create a WMI Object Set oWMISrv = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2") strQry = "Select * from Win32_PnPEntity WHERE ConfigManagerErrorCode <> 0" 'Query the WMI Service for finding Plug N Play devices that have conflicts. Set recDevices = oWMISrv.ExecQuery (strQry) strInfo = "These Devices are having Conflict on this machine" & vbnewline 'Loop through each device with conflict and populate info to a string i =0 For Each oDev in recDevices strInfot = "" strInfot = "Device : " & i & vbnewline strInfot = strInfot + "Description: " & oDev.Description & vbnewline strInfot = strInfot + "Device ID: " & oDev.DeviceID & vbnewline strInfot = strInfot + "status: " & oDev.Status & vbnewline strInfot = strInfot + "Manufacturer: " & oDev.Manufacturer & vbnewline strInfot = strInfot + "Name: " & oDev.Name & vbnewline strInfot = strInfot + "PNP Device ID: " & oDev.PNPDeviceID & vbnewline strInfot = strInfot + "Service: " & oDev.Service & vbnewline i = i+1 strInfo = strInfo + strInfot & vbnewline & vbnewline Next 'Now alert the user with the builded string Wscript.Echo strInfo 'End of Script

How to use :
1. Copy the code given above to clipboard.
2. Create a new file and name it as you like with a '.vbs' extension.
3. Now double clicking on the file will prompt the user with the list of troubled devices.