Re: Service Tag

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"Robert B. Phillips II" wrote:

| I am looking for a simple way to embed service tag numbers on machines
| to be accessed remotely. We have around 100 Dell machines in various
| geographic locations and we would like to be able to view the service
| tag number of these machines anytime without human intervention, i.e.
| have to call the location and have someone read the tag to me.
|
| What I was wondering is, is there a simple solution for embedding the
| service tag number somewhere in the registry and then simple querying
| that registry key remotely to via the service tag?
|
| I want a solution that is hard to break, i.e. user cannot accidently
| delete the .txt file that contains that information. The registry
| seems like the safest place in accordance with our security policy -
| admins can access the registry and make changes, users cannot.
|
| Any additional ideas or ideas for the registry idea would be greatly
| appreciated.
|
| Robert