How are monitors connected to computers scanned?

[stipirneni]

I'm new to Lansweeper and was wondering how Lansweeper is able to pick up which monitors are connected to a computer. Just looking for a high level explanation.

[FrankSc]

Indeed, from WMI, but also from the registry. The following sources are used.

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\DISPLAY

• The WMI class WMIMonitorID

• The WMI class Win32_PnPEntity

[brandon_jones]

I believe WMI is used.