I want to make a configuration group that shows the desktop resolution of each computer. Is there a easy way to do this?

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David Feldt
IT-Technician
National Maritime Museums of Sweden

David,

It may not be possible to make a configuration group for this information because it is stored in a registry key that differs from machine to machine. For example, here is the key on my desktop system: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\Settings\Video\PCI:VEN_10DE&DEV_0172&SUBSYS_015A10DE&REV_A3

Here is the key on a laptop: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Control Panel\Settings\Video\PCI:VEN_1023&DEV_8620&SUBSYS_05021014&REV_5D.

There is a way to get the screen resolution using Prism Suite 7's Asset Management component. Are you using that version of Prism? If so, please refer to the following KB article for information about using WMI to gather custom information: http://www.nbtnet.newboundary.com/supportkb/article.aspx?id=10229&cNode=7D7W6Y

The WMI class to use is Win32_VideoSettings, and the property is Settings. There are many ways to filter the resulting report to get just the information  you want. Let us know if you'd like help with this.