get details of a host on a network

[jonathan.reeks]

Hi, is there any way in which i can get details of a host attached to my company network and then display them in my desired way, for example i would like to know from the hostname - what the device is, its ip what drives can be accessed and any other useful information for managing/keeping track of employees on a network.

 

[jonathan.reeks]

I know how good you guys are wiv vb.net, one of you must be able to do part or all of this?
your help is much appreciated

 

[JohnH]

You should research WMI, Windows Management Instrumentation, have a go with WMI Code Creator 1.0, investigate the classes and properties available, just play around with it, it is amazing how much information you can gather about a remote machine (or local for that matter) with WMI.