Hi, Martín.
(posted delayed, for a travel reason)
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>>Today, (at client's facility) during the installation of our software (over the LAN), we have some steps to run in each machine that we install/upgrade our software.. This simple procedures is (nothing else) to record the hd's serial number and a password on each local hd.. In some facilities we have more than 20 stations installed..
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>> So, for simpler than this can be, it still hard, if we multiply by 'N'..
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>> We are trying to find a way on how to get the hd's serial number in each machine using API getvolumeinformation.. (no possibility to do that at a server. Because, getvolumeinformation only gets the information of local disks)
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>> I was wondering, that we supposedly could run some kind of signal (at a server). And, now on, the others stations do their jobs (to record the hd's serial # by itself).
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>Then, you assume that you installed (or can install) something in each workstation prior to remotely trigger this process, isn't it?

yes... I was thinking to use Microsoft's scheduling agent (or some equivalent)
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>Now, one possibility is to have a little app that just get this value locally and save it to a server table. To trigger the app as needed, however, you'll have to leave it running all the time, and send some kind of signal (maybe turning a flag on the same table, but from the server side).
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This is almost what I looking for.. But, instead of to leave it running all the time.. It can be fired by scheduling agent..

Is there possible ? How ?

>I don't find any other way to run the application remotely... Any chance to do it would be a critical security issue, methinks.
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Refreshing my memory.. Sometime ago (By the web, before to use zonealarm firewall), I've been in some situations where some sites, send us (and start) some programs remotelly.. I was wondering, how could it be possible ?

TKS

Claudio