Win9x question...

[Jerry Feldman]

Kevin, you might be better off executing ipconfig.exe with the /all 
parameter. It should be faster and more predictable.
"kgleason at ma.ultranet.com" wrote:
> Wizard,
> 
> I'm trying to do a programmed query rather than an interactive one. I want my
>  program to go out onto the local network to see 'who's there'? I can parse t
> hrough the System.dat registry file if I know the name (perhaps I will have t
> o do this) but was wondering if anyone knew of a faster file that has this.
> 
> Kevin
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Wizard wizard at neonedge.com
> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:20:59 -0400
> To: kgleason at ma.ultranet.com, discuss at blu.org
> Subject: RE: Win9x question...
> 
> 
> On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, kgleason at ma.ultranet.com wrote:
> 
> > It would be nice if there was one location where computer name was listed
> in a fixed location or where I knew the number of bytes following a
> variable. Can anyone help?
> 
> You could try using a shell command such as "net user" to get the machine
> name.
> This is what it does on my Win2k machine:
> ===================================================
> C:\> net user
> 
> User accounts for \\RAGE
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Administrator            Grant_M                    VUSR_RAGE
> The command completed successfully.
> 
> ====================================================
> Where "\\RAGE" is the machine name. I don't know if it shows other Windows
> machines, as this is the only Win box on the network.
> 
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