Powershell Get Screen Resolutions of Remote Computer Multiple Montiors

[tri_94]

Hi there can anyone help me with a powershell command that get retrieve screen res for multiple monitors

 

I was using "(Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Computer win32_videocontroller | Select-Object VideoModeDescription).VideoModeDescription)" However it only returns one.

 

I've looked at [system.windows.forms.screen]::AllScreens but from what i understand can't use this remotely.

 

I've looked at Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_VideoController and that only seems to give me one as well.

 

Thanks

[Steve21]

I think the way you're doing it on the first won't loop over both, but using search on the caption/res might:

 

Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Computer win32_videocontroller | select caption, CurrentHorizontalResolution, CurrentVerticalResolution

 

Or if you're happy with the last one you mentioned baove, try:

Get-CimInstance -Namespace root\wmi -ClassName WmiMonitorBasicDisplayParams

 

But that'll return whole lot rather than just the lines you want

 

Steve

[tri_94]

Thanks for that i've just tried both and no luck

 

Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Computer win32_videocontroller | select caption, CurrentHorizontalResolution, CurrentVerticalResolution

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When i try that it just returns 
 

caption                   CurrentHorizontalResolution CurrentVerticalResolution

-------                   --------------------------- -------------------------

Intel® UHD Graphics 630                        1920                      1080
 

i have two monitors on my test machine one at 1920 x 1680 and the other i've set to 1400 x 1050.
 
 

The Get-CimInstance 
 

Returns 
 

Active                        : True

DisplayTransferCharacteristic : 120

InstanceName                  : DISPLAY\DEL4077\4&eeeeeeeeeeeeexxx

MaxHorizontalImageSize        : 51

MaxVerticalImageSize          : 29

SupportedDisplayFeatures      : WmiMonitorSupportedDisplayFeatures

VideoInputType                : 1

PSComputerName                : 
 

Active                        : True

DisplayTransferCharacteristic : 120

InstanceName                  : DISPLAY\DEL4076\4&eeeeeeeeeeeeexxx

MaxHorizontalImageSize        : 51

MaxVerticalImageSize          : 29

SupportedDisplayFeatures      : WmiMonitorSupportedDisplayFeatures

VideoInputType                : 1

PSComputerName                : 
 

I'd perfer to try and use Get-WmiObject if possible.
 

Thanks

[Steve21]

Thanks for that i've just tried both and no luck

 

Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Computer win32_videocontroller | select caption, CurrentHorizontalResolution, CurrentVerticalResolution

[/Code]
 

When i try that it just returns 
 

caption                   CurrentHorizontalResolution CurrentVerticalResolution

-------                   --------------------------- -------------------------

Intel® UHD Graphics 630                        1920                      1080
 

i have two monitors on my test machine one at 1920 x 1680 and the other i've set to 1400 x 1050.

 

If you run Get-WmiObject win32_videocontroller manually on your machine, do both show up as separate displays with the same name? (caption etc), or does it only return one in the full list?
 

Just thinking it might show different if it's 1 card with 2 monitors, or 2 cards with 1 mon each
 

Steve

[tri_94]

It only shows one

__RELPATH : Win32_VideoController.DeviceID="VideoController1"

.....

DeviceID : VideoController1

VideoModeDescription : 1920 x 1080 x 4294967296 colors

 

Both Monitors are plugged into the onboard graphics which is the Intel Graphics UHD 630.

 

Didn't know if the VideoController1 is relevant or not?

[tri_94]

When I use Win32_MonitorDetails it sees both monitors returns the model numbers fine.

(((Get-WmiObject Win32_MonitorDetails -ComputerName $ComputerName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Select-Object -Property Model).Model) -join ", ")