Querying the status of the security center in XPSP2

[Jim M]

I would like to see if there is a way through scripting ,programming to query
the status of the Security Center in XP, ie check to see if the firewall is
on, antivirus up to date, etc when a computer connects to the network via
vpn. I am capable of scripting, programming, etc and I was hoping somebody
may know of the object model or whatever to go after to start or get me
pointed in the right direction to start. Many thanks

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

Jim M wrote:

> I would like to see if there is a way through scripting ,programming to query
> the status of the Security Center in XP, ie check to see if the firewall is
> on, antivirus up to date, etc when a computer connects to the network via
> vpn. I am capable of scripting, programming, etc and I was hoping somebody
> may know of the object model or whatever to go after to start or get me
> pointed in the right direction to start. Many thanks
Hi,

In this link there are two VBScripts that uses the SecurityCenter
WMI provider to obtain 3rd party firewall and anti-virus status:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.wmi/msg/1ade0f5bd57a259b?dmode=source&hl=en


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torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
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