I ended up using the registry, Though I know the following is not an efficient method of achieving this.
I have a small batch program that dumps the Registry data to an XML file.
The XML file is made available to the iphone by installing Wampserver on the computer and activating online mode.
I finaly made my iphone application using flash. The application asks for the computer IP, you enter it and Boom, got it.
It was a fun project!