Hmmm OK.. You want to Audit a network from the command line? (Please realise that If your Googling that the So called DOS window IS NOT DOS.. )
There are a few new tools with VISTA but i am assuming that a bit more like XP or Win2k is wanted..
i am interested in tools in MS Windows Vista. as I have both Vista and XP machines on my LAN, so I am interested in commands for either or both.

Actually yes this is possible and there is a built in utility in Windows to do. Its called the Net Command
thanks for your help moxquito, but I'm not sure if "net view" is really an answer to my problem, because I thought that "net view" just shows the shared resources on your local network, and so if a machine is not sharing any resources then that machine is invisible to "net view", or have I misunderstood what "net view" does and will it show all machines on the network?

btw: thank for all your help so far guys.


regards,

- user0182