This is how I made it faster. It now processes 970 computers in 3 and a half minutes instead of 15 to 19 minutes.
For Each sel In picker.SelectedObjects
Thread.Sleep(5)
Try
Dim source1 As New CancellationTokenSource
Dim token As CancellationToken = source1.Token
Dim T20 As Task = Task.Factory.StartNew(Function() getping((sel.Name), token))
T20.Wait(60)
If T20.Status = TaskStatus.Running Then
source1.Cancel()
My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText(Dell & "\McAfeeDATeNumFailed.txt", sel.Name & " Ping timed out. The task was disposed of at " & ex_time & "." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf, True)
Continue For
End If
Dim source2 As New CancellationTokenSource
Dim token2 As CancellationToken = source2.Token
Dim T21 As Task = Task.Factory.StartNew(Function() comsys((sel.Name), token2))
T21.Wait(500)
If T21.Status = TaskStatus.Running Then
source2.Cancel()
My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText(Dell & "\McAfeeDATeNumFailed.txt", sel.Name & " RPC error. The task was disposed of at " & ex_time & "." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf, True)
End If
Dim source3 As New CancellationTokenSource
Dim token3 As CancellationToken = source3.Token
Dim T22 As Task = Task.Factory.StartNew(Function() getregvalues((sel.Name), token3))
T22.Wait(600)
If T22.Status = TaskStatus.Running Then
source3.Cancel()
My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText(Dell & "\McAfeeDATeNumFailed.txt", sel.Name & " Error retrieving registry value. The task was disposed of at " & ex_time & "." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf, True)
End If
IPAddr = reply.Address.ToString()
objExcel.Cells(y, 1) = sel.Name
objExcel.Cells(y, 2) = IPAddr
objExcel.Cells(y, 3) = commodel
objExcel.Cells(y, 4) = comuser
objExcel.Cells(y, 5) = "DAT Version Number: " & mAV
objExcel.Cells(y, 6) = "DAT Date: " & mAD
y = y + 1
IPAddr = Nothing
reply = Nothing
commodel = Nothing
comuser = Nothing
sel = Nothing
Thread.Sleep(5)
Catch ex As Exception
End Try