SCCM HW inventory agent runs as the ‘SYSTEM’ and cannot see the end-users network drives and printers. The following two step process will help circumvent…
| SCCM HW inventory agent runs as the ‘SYSTEM’ and cannot see the end-users network drives and printers. The following two step process will help circumvent the above stated limitation. |
if (!(Test-Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY)) {new-item HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}
$perm = get-acl HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryAccessRule("Authenticated Users","FullControl", "ContainerInherit, ObjectInherit", "InheritOnly", "Allow") -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
$perm.SetAccessRule($rule)
Set-Acl -Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY $perm -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if (!(Test-Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS)) {new-item HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue}
%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -noprofile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -file .\PrinterInvRegSetup.ps12) CAPTURE CURRENT USER’S PRINTERS AND WRITE THOSE ENTRIES TO THE ABOVE CREATED REGISTRY KEYS.
$printers = Get-WMIObject -class Win32_Printer -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue|select-Object -Property ServerName,ShareName,Location,DriverName,PrintProcessor,PortName,Local |Where-Object {$_.Local -ne $true}-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
ForEach($printer in $printers){
$PServerName= $printer.ServerName -replace ('\\','')
$PShareName = $printer.ShareName
$PLocation = $printer.Location
$PDriverName = $printer.DriverName
$PPrintProcessor = $printer.PrintProcessor
$PPortName = $printer.PortName
if ((Test-Path HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS)) {
if ((Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS\$PShareName on $PServerName")) {
Remove-item "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS\$PShareName on $PServerName" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
New-item "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS\$PShareName on $PServerName" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
New-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS\$PShareName on $PServerName" -Name "PrintServer" -Value $PServerName -PropertyType "String" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
New-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS\$PShareName on $PServerName" -Name "PrinterQueue" -Value $PShareName -PropertyType "String" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
New-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS\$PShareName on $PServerName" -Name "PrinterLocation" -Value $PLocation -PropertyType "String" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
New-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS\$PShareName on $PServerName" -Name "PrinterDriver" -Value $PDriverName -PropertyType "String" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
New-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS\$PShareName on $PServerName" -Name "PrintProcessor" -Value $PPrintProcessor -PropertyType "String" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
New-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS\$PShareName on $PServerName" -Name "PrinterPortName" -Value $PPortName -PropertyType "String" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
New-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\SCCMINVENTORY\NETWORKPRINTERS\$PShareName on $PServerName" -Name "DateInventoried" -Value $(get-date) -PropertyType "String" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
}
}
%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\PowerShell.exe -NonInteractive -WindowStyle Hidden -noprofile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -file .\NetworkPrinterInventory.ps13) CREATE A DEPLOYMENT AND SET IT TO ‘RUN ALWAYS’ AND MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT.
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// Added extensions Start
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#pragma namespace ("\\\\.\\root\\cimv2")
#pragma deleteclass("NETWORKPRINTERS", NOFAIL)
[dynamic, provider("RegProv"), ClassContext("Local|HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\SCCMINVENTORY\\NETWORKPRINTERS")]
Class NETWORKPRINTERS
{
[key] string KeyName;
[PropertyContext("PrintServer")] String PrintServer;
[PropertyContext("PrinterQueue")] String PrinterQueue;
[PropertyContext("PrinterLocation")] String PrinterLocation;
[PropertyContext("PrinterDriver")] String PrinterDriver;
[PropertyContext("PrintProcessor")] String PrintProcessor;
[PropertyContext("PrinterPortName")] String PrinterPortName;
[PropertyContext("DateInventoried")] String DateInventoried;
};
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// Added extensions end
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5) SAVE THE BELOW DATA INTO A FILE CALLED ‘AWESOME.MOF’.
#pragma namespace (“\\\\.\\root\\cimv2\\SMS”)
#pragma deleteclass(“NETWORKPRINTERS”, NOFAIL)
[SMS_Report(TRUE),SMS_Group_Name("NETWORKPRINTERS"),SMS_Class_ID("NETWORKPRINTERS")]
Class NETWORKPRINTERS: SMS_Class_Template
{
[SMS_Report(TRUE),key] string KeyName;
[SMS_Report(TRUE)] String PrintServer;
[SMS_Report(TRUE)] String PrinterQueue;
[SMS_Report(TRUE)] String PrinterLocation;
[SMS_Report(TRUE)] String PrinterDriver;
[SMS_Report(TRUE)] String PrintProcessor;
[SMS_Report(TRUE)] String PrinterPortName;
[SMS_Report(TRUE)] String DateInventoried;
};
6) IMPORT ‘AWESOME.MOF’ INTO SCCM DEFAULT CLIENT SETTINGS.