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Microsoft.Windows.Client.XP.Computer.Discovery (Discovery)

This rule discovers Windows XP

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This Discovery Rule discovers and populates the Windows XP class named “Windows XP Computer” with instances of computers that are running a Microsoft Windows XP operating system.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Client.Computer
EnabledTrue
Frequency3604
RemotableFalse

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DiscoveryDataSource DataSource Microsoft.Windows.FilteredRegistryDiscoveryProvider Default

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.Windows.Client.XP.Computer.Discovery" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Client.Computer">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.Client.XP.Computer"/>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DiscoveryDataSource" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.FilteredRegistryDiscoveryProvider">

    <ComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

    <RegistryAttributeDefinitions>

      <RegistryAttributeDefinition>

        <AttributeName>WindowsCurrentVersion</AttributeName>

        <Path>SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentVersion</Path>

        <PathType>1</PathType>

        <AttributeType>1</AttributeType>

      </RegistryAttributeDefinition>

    </RegistryAttributeDefinitions>

    <Frequency>3604</Frequency>

    <ClassId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Windows.Client.XP.Computer"]$</ClassId>

    <InstanceSettings>

      <Settings>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</Name>

          <Value>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</Value>

        </Setting>

      </Settings>

    </InstanceSettings>

    <Expression>

      <Or>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery>Values/WindowsCurrentVersion</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value>5.1</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery>Values/WindowsCurrentVersion</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value>5.2</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </Or>

    </Expression>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>