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Retrieving the Host Name

Registry (WSH Shell)
VBScript Code:
Set wshShell = CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
strRegValue = "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Hostname"
strHostName = wshShell.RegRead( strRegValue )
WScript.Echo "Host Name: " & strHostName
Requirements:
Windows version: NT 4, 2000, XP, Server 2003, or Vista
Network: TCP/IP
Client software: Windows Script 5.6 for Windows NT 4 (no longer available for download?)
Script Engine: WSH
Summarized: Works in Windows NT 4 or later, requires a TCP/IP network, works with CSCRIPT.EXE or WSCRIPT.EXE only.
Will require Windows Script 5.6 for Windows NT 4 to make it work in NT 4 (no longer available for download?).
 
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Registry (WMI StdRegProv)
VBScript Code:
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
strRegKey = "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters"
Set objReg = GetObject( "winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!//./root/default:StdRegProv" )
objReg.GetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strRegKey, "Hostname", strHostname
WScript.Echo "Host Name: " & strHostName
Requirements:
Windows version: ME, 2000, XP, Server 2003, or Vista (95, 98, NT 4 with WMI CORE 1.5)
Network: TCP/IP
Client software: WMI CORE 1.5 for Windows 95, 98 or NT 4
Script Engine: any
Summarized: Can work on any Windows computer, but WMI CORE 1.5 is required for Windows 95, 98 or NT 4.
Can be used in *.vbs with CSCRIPT.EXE or WSCRIPT.EXE, as well as in HTAs.
 
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System Scripting Runtime
VBScript Code:
Set objIP = CreateObject( "SScripting.IPNetwork" )
strHostName = objIP.Hostname
WScript.Echo "Host Name: " & strHostName
Requirements:
Windows version: any
Network: TCP/IP
Client software: System Scripting Runtime
Script Engine: any
Summarized: Works in any Windows version with System Scripting Runtime is installed, with any script engine.
 
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