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2. A Windows Script For Listing the Boot Configuration of Local System

Posted on WisdomBay @ 6:23 PM 2/25/2006 | Post by Pramod S Nair

This Windows Script coded in VBScript can be used by System Admins for listing the Boot Up Configuration of the local machine.

'A Windows Script For Listing the Boot Configuration of Local System 'Compiled by Pramod S Nair 'http://www.wisdombay.com 'Written 10:27 AM 02/25/2006 'Create a WMI Object Set oWMISrv = GetObject("winmgmts:\\.\root\cimv2") strQry = "Select * from Win32_BootConfiguration" 'Query the WMI Service for finding the Boot Configuration of the machine. Set recBConfig = oWMISrv.ExecQuery (strQry) strInfo = "This is the Boot Configuration of the current machine" & vbnewline 'Loop through each Boot Configuration and populate info to a string i =0 For Each oBConf in recBConfig strInfot = "" strInfot = "Boot Config : " & i & vbnewline & vbnewline 'Path to the system files required for booting the system strInfot = strInfot + "BootDirectory: " & oBConf.BootDirectory & vbnewline 'Short description of the CIM_Setting object strInfot = strInfot + "Caption: " & oBConf.Caption & vbnewline 'Path to the configuration files strInfot = strInfot + "ConfigurationPath: " & oBConf.ConfigurationPath & vbnewline 'Description of the CIM_Setting object strInfot = strInfot + "Description: " & oBConf.Description & vbnewline 'Last drive letter to which a physical drive is assigned strInfot = strInfot + "LastDrive: " & oBConf.LastDrive & vbnewline 'An identifier for the boot configuration strInfot = strInfot + "Name: " & oBConf.Name & vbnewline 'Directory where temporary files can reside during boot time strInfot = strInfot + "ScratchDirectory: " & oBConf.ScratchDirectory & vbnewline 'Identifier by which the CIM_Setting object is known strInfot = strInfot + "SettingID: " & oBConf.SettingID & vbnewline 'Directory where temporary files are stored strInfot = strInfot + "TempDirectory: " & oBConf.TempDirectory & 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 display the BootUp Configuration set for the current machine.