remotely check amount of RAM on a computer using command line

Question

How would I remotely check the amount of RAM on a computer using command line? (Windows XP and/or windows server 2003)

Answer 1

Requires XP or later system: wmic memphysical list full, also wmic memorychip list full might provide you with some info you are looking for.

Answer 2

tasklist /s <system> /u <username> /p <password> for current usage systeminfo /s <system> /u <username> /p <password> for specs on system including ram.

Answer 3

If you have access to PowerShell (it only needs to be installed on a single workstation to run this from) you can do something like:

$computer = ComputerNameGoesHere
get-wmiobject Win32_ComputerSystem -computer $computer | 
select @{name="TotalPhysicalMemory(MB)";expression={($_.TotalPhysicalMemory/1mb)}}

You would need to either run the script as someone that can run WMI queries on remote machines (usually administrator) or work Get-Credential and -credential in there.

Answer 4

systeminfo /s:hostname will give you some basic memory statics if WMI isn't available on a remote machine:

C:\>systeminfo /s:hostname

...

Total Physical Memory:     3,062 MB
Available Physical Memory: 2,116 MB
Virtual Memory: Max Size:  2,048 MB
Virtual Memory: Available: 1,996 MB
Virtual Memory: In Use:    52 MB
Page File Location(s):     C:\pagefile.sys

Answer 5

Here's a simple one:

run command line as administrative account (if in a domain)

SYSTEMINFO /S computername

There's all kinds of info including "Total Physical Memory:"

If you need to specify the user:

SYSTEMINFO /S system /U user

Answer 6

To limit it to the Total Physical Memory and Available memory, you may use:

systeminfo /s:hostname | findstr "Physical"