Monitor Serial Numbers (remotely)

[tri_94]

Hi there

 

I'm after a way to get Monitor serials to add to a current powershell script.

 

I would use Get-WmiObject Win32_MonitorDetails as that worked great for my test pc however the pc's I need to use it on don't have that i get invalid class and for WMIMonitorID I get not supported.

 

Thanks

[Guest Guest]

I had a powershell script for this, however I found it to be very unreliable. In the end I ended up collecting SNs manually

[tri_94]

Which method did you use?

 

I'd only be using for cross reference purposes

[Guest Guest]

I don't have a copy of the script

[6Foot2]

Will this help?

 

Link: VBS Script – Get Monitor Serial Number Remotely

 

Last updated: Monday, 21^st December 2015.

[tri_94]

Thanks for that I've tried that one and it doesn't seem to work for me.

[robk]

Just checking, you don't have impero installed do you?

 

If so this creates a driver that blocks the serial no in wmi.

[chazzy2501]

This doesn't help in anyway but I was surprised that my ESET AV could tell me the monitors that were connected to the computers and their serial numbers. Most of my PCs still use a VGA cable as its more durable, I wasn't aware how much a monitor could talk to a PC through VGA.

[tri_94]

This doesn't help in anyway but I was surprised that my ESET AV could tell me the monitors that were connected to the computers and their serial numbers. Most of my PCs still use a VGA cable as its more durable, I wasn't aware how much a monitor could talk to a PC through VGA.

 

Depending which version of Framework/Powershell your running

if you use the following two powershell commands

 

(Get-WmiObject Win32_MonitorDetails -ComputerName $env:COMPUTERNAME | Select-Object -Property Model).Model -join ", "

(Get-WmiObject Win32_MonitorDetails -ComputerName $env:COMPUTERNAME| Select-Object -Property SerialNumber).SerialNumber -join ", "

 

You will be able to get Make, Model and Serial Number's

 

Thanks

[johnathanadams]

DE-15 VGA connectors use pin 12 as an i2c bus, pin 15 for the clock, and pin 9 for 5V power so you can read the chip in the monitor when it's powered off, so check those pins on your cables too.

[internetuser]

Lansweeper can do this too