Display Monitor Report

Is there a way to create a report that will display the make and model of the monitor is attached to that PC?

Thanks for taking your help,
Preston

Use search.

http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/skissinger/archive/2008/08/14/how-to-gather-monitor-information-like-serial-number.aspx

There's also the built-in class in sms_def.mof; but the unfortunate thing with that is often all that you'll get back will be "default monitor", and no make/model. But you could certainly try turning that on first in sms_def.mof (if it isn't on... I think it's on by default? I don't remember), and see what you get back. Otherwise you might need to rely on a 3rd party.

Oh... in the above blog, the one I don't mention is Roger Zanders'; he just released one (freeware) earlier this year. I tested it briefly in my mini-lab; it seemed to work as well as the other free ones. But you get what you pay for.

fyi, the reason getting monitor information isn't cut and dried is because a monitor isn't technically part of the computer. It's an attached device. You'll only get as good information as the driver used to communicate with the attached device--although the for-pay monitor retrieval systems do a stellar job of getting the last bit of useful data out of wmi or the registry to help you identify monitors attached to computers.

Does any one know if Zanders solution reports on all the monitor instances in the class? When i Check the class using CIM studio it shows 2 instances in the case of dual monitor setups but it looks like the SCCM HIV and the reports associated with it only see the first instance?

I am guessing i am either going to have to get a lot more creative to get dual monitor information or use a pay for app I was just hoping.

any feedback would be appreciated
Thanks 

what does your mof edit look like?  I'm wondering if you need a addition field marked  as a ,key field, so it will correctly pull back both instances (?)

You could also look at the Monitor Information Report from Enhansoft
http://www.enhansoft.com/pages/mir.aspx

It will grab multiple monitors on multiple cards.  I have tested it and it works very well. 

here is my defmof edit
 
};
//**************************************************************************
//* Class: MonitorDetails
//* Derived from: (nothing)
//*
//* Key = Name, Version
//*
//* This Application class provides Monitor Information
//*
//**************************************************************************
[ SMS_Report     (True),
  SMS_Group_Name ("MonitorDetails"),
  SMS_Class_ID   ("DisplayMonitorDetails|1.0") ]
class Win32_MonitorDetails : SMS_Class_Template
{
    [SMS_Report (True)     ]
        string     PnPID;
    [SMS_Report (True)     ]
        string     SerialNumber;
    [SMS_Report (True)     ]
        string     Model;
    [SMS_Report (True)     ]
        string     MonitorID;
  
};

Yeah I think it would be the way to go, but so far mgmt doesnt want to spend the money. Typical!

For Roger's WMI provider, you're going to want the ,key field defined.  I checked, and it is pnpid.  replace your sms_def.mof edit with this one:

[ SMS_Report     (TRUE),
  SMS_Group_Name ("MonitorDetails"),
  SMS_Class_ID   ("RogerZander|DisplayMonitorDetails|1.0") ]
class Win32_MonitorDetails : SMS_Class_Template
{
    [SMS_Report (True), key     ]         string     PnPID;
    [SMS_Report (True)     ]         string     SerialNumber;
    [SMS_Report (True)     ]         string     Model;
    [SMS_Report (True)     ]         string     MonitorID;
  
};
 
I am, of course, assuming that you've confirmed the pre-requisite of the minimum .net Framework version, and you've installed Roger Zanders' WMI Monitor Details .exe on your clients.