PST search on remote computers

Hi,
I am seeking for a pst search in VB or dos to locate any pst on all drives on remote computers that will record pst file + size, inc username or computer name and log all this information to a central csv or txt file on a network.....please help.

To get the most mutable results, you can use this PowerShell script. You will need to provide a list of computers in a text file with each computer on a separate line.
Get-Content computers.txt |
%{Get-ChildItem "\\$_\c$" -Include *.pst -Recurse} |
Select Name,Directory,Length,LastAccessTime,LastWriteTime,CreationTime |
Export-Csv C:\results\PSTfiles.csv -NoTypeInformation
This assumes that you are only searching the C: drives of the computers. As noted, this script will take a long time to run based on the number of computers that you are running it against.
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So you are migrating from Intel to Intel.
On the 17" iMac... how much free space is there on the drive? Not enough disk space and that could be what's holding that up. Not certain, just could be.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon on your Desktop, then click: Get Info. In the Get Info window, click the discovery triangle so it's facing down. You will see; Capacity and Available Make sure you have 10% available disk space, 15% is better. Not enough available drive space can cause issues like you are experiencing.
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Ed
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