JSI Tip 8619. How can I use the Browstat.exe support tool to return computer names, their O/S, and network roles in my workgroup or domain?

When I run Browstat.exe, from SUPPORTTOOLSSUPTOOLS.MSI on the Windows CD-ROM, on my LAN, a typical output line might contain:

\JSI007            NT   05.02 (W,S,NT,SS,PBR,BBR,DFS)     JSIINC.COM

Where:

\JSI007                is the computer name.NT                      is the computer's operating system.05.02                   is the operating system version (Windows Server 2003).(W,S,NT,SS,PBR,BBR,DFS) are the BFLAGS, described by the following:                               W     Workstation service                               S     Server service                               SQL   SQLServer                               PDC   PrimaryDomainController                               BDC   BackupDomainController                               TS    TimeSource                               AFP   AFPServer                               NV    Novell                               MBC   MemberServer                               PQ    PrintServer                               DL    DialinServer                               XN    Xenix                               NT    Windows NT                               WFW   WindowsForWorkgroups                               MFPN  MS Netware                               SS    StandardServer                               PBR   PotentialBrowser                               BBR   BackupBrowser                               MBR   MasterBrowser                                OSF   OSFServer                               VMS   VMSServer                               W95   Windows95                               DFS   DistributedFileSystem                               CLUS  NTCluster                               DCE   IBM DSSJSIINC.COM              is the srvcomment data value

NOTE: In a single segment LAN, you can run Browstat.exe on any computer. If your LAN has multiple segments, run it on the master browser.

I have scripted BrowInfo.bat to return the computer name, O/S, Version, BFLAGS (without the open and close parenthesis), and srvcomment.

The syntax for using BrowInfo.bat is:

for /f "Tokens=1-4*" %%a in ('BrowInfo.bat') do ( set computer=%%a set OSN=%%b set OSV=%%c set BFLAGS=%%d set srvcmt=%%e call :DoSomething)

NOTE: BrowInfo.bat converts any " marks in srvcomment to ' and encloses the entire string in " marks. The ( and ) are removed from BFLAGS.

BrowInfo.bat contains:

@echo offsetlocal ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSIONfor /f "Tokens=2" %%a in ('browstat VIEW Transport^|find "Device"') do ( for /f "Tokens=1-4*" %%b in ('browstat VIEW %%a^|findstr /L /B "\"') do (  set CMT=%%f  if not {%%f}=={} set CMT=!CMT:"='!  set FLG=%%e  set FLG=!FLG:(=!  set FLG=!FLG:^)=!  @echo %%b %%c %%d !FLG! "!CMT!" ))endlocal