How to check the Internet Explorer version on Remote Computer:
The following knowledgebase will explain the methods you can use to check the Internet Explorer version on local and remote computer.
To check settings on local computer:
You can use the following methods:
- Connecting to Remote Registry Service
- Using a script
The first method is easy but includes a lot of efforts. You can navigate to the following location in registry after connecting to remote registry:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
The above registry includes the following values in right pane:
Version REG_SZ 6.0.2900.2180
To check on a Remote Computer:
You can use the below script to check the Internet Explorer version on a remote computer:
@echo off
Srvlist=C:\Temp\Srvlist.txt
Echo Computer Name, Internet Explorer Version >> Result.csv
SET IE_Ver=
For /F “Tokens=*” %%a In (%srvlist%) Do (
Set Comp_name=%%a
Set RegQry=”\\%%a\HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer” /v Version
REG.exe Query %RegQry% > CheckCC.txt
Find /i "Version" < CheckCC.txt > StringCheck.txt
FOR /f “Tokens=3” %%b in (CheckCC.txt) DO SET IE_Ver=%%b
Echo %Comp_name, %IE_Ver% >> Result.csv
)
The above script will check remote computer for one registry entries for checking Internet Explorer version and the results will be saved in a CSV format file.