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Penguin wrote:

Hi, Torgeir Bakken:
Is there any chance I can do it programmatically? Since I am managing around 60 computers. I do not want to use the toolkit you mentioned in your message one by one manually. Instead, I am planning to do it programmatically. 

Hi,

Mbsacli.exe (the command line interface for Microsoft Baseline
Security Analyzer) supports remote operation.

Here are some of the command line switches the v2.0 supports:

Scan named computer:
 /target domain\computer

Scan named IP address:
 /target IP

Scan named IP addresses range:
 /r IP-IP

Scan named IP address or computer listed in the specified file:
 /listfile file

Scan named domain:
 /d  domain


There is also a MBSA newsgroup available:

microsoft.public.security.baseline_analyzer


--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx
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