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Hardware Detect Tool
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 6:13 am
by handrea
Hi,
I need a tool that can scan a PC and detect it's hardware devices. The problem with most tools (such as AIDA) is that it doesn't detect the devices which are actually attached to a PC...I need a script to scan all active ports and the hardware that't attached to them.
If you have any ideas, please let me know.
Thanx,
Andrea
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 4:31 pm
by timvw
imho the best tool is "human" :p just call the owner of the machine, and ask him what's inside...
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 10:50 pm
by evilmonkey
Hi Andrea,
Are you writing some kind of diagnostic tool? There are many of them out there, google it, I'm sure you'll find something. By the way, I don't think PHP can do stuff like that, but correct me if I'm wrong.
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 11:48 pm
by timvw
php with ffi/com/java/system can do anything you want

(well, probably you want something that is better in handling multiple threads etc)
but this post just seemed so much like a kiddie asking for yet-another-scanning tool...
hwdetect and os finger-printing are the search terms you need :p
Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 1:24 am
by handrea
Hi,
thanx for your "help"...first of all I'm not asking for "yet-another-scanning tool"...I'm well aware of most of scanning tools that can be found on the net and by google. Most of them aren't free and the rest isn't enough. For example I ran a few on my PC and all of the software rely on the drivers that installed or was once installed. Some detect tools see the "Adobe Distiller" and Fax as a printer...which are (as I know) logical devices. I need to find out that' exactly attached to the PC at the time of the scan.
Another problem I have is that no tool can specify the size of the monitor. Especially if it is a laptop.
I hope I'm wrong and I'm just a "kiddie" ....and there is a way to solve my problems
Andrea