Read Security Center status via code

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Hi,

I'm using a series of scripts to check various "health-related" items on
XPSP2 laptops as part of a VPN system. These scripts check things like
presence of anti-virus, etc but are a bit kludgy when trying to expand them
to support multiple products so I'm looking for a better solution.

As the Security Center checks the status of Automatic Updates, anti-virus
presence and status, Windows Firewall, etc (I understand that Vista will show
anti-spyware in the Security Center as well), this seems like a good place to
look when running a health check.

My question is, can the Security Center information be read
programmatically? If so, are there any examples out there (VBScript, WMI,
etc)?


Thanks....
 
Hi ewallig,

See this post from Torgeir Bakken.
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin/msg/c29dacc2d4725e1b?hl=en&

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hi,

I'm using a series of scripts to check various "health-related" items on
XPSP2 laptops as part of a VPN system. These scripts check things like
presence of anti-virus, etc but are a bit kludgy when trying to expand them
to support multiple products so I'm looking for a better solution.

As the Security Center checks the status of Automatic Updates, anti-virus
presence and status, Windows Firewall, etc (I understand that Vista will
show
anti-spyware in the Security Center as well), this seems like a good place
to
look when running a health check.

My question is, can the Security Center information be read
programmatically? If so, are there any examples out there (VBScript, WMI,
etc)?


Thanks....
 
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