I wondered which filters you guys all use for your Group Policies? For example I have a piece of software where I need to deploy a different MSI for Windows XP than I do Windows Vista or Windows 7.

When doing a WMI query using ManagementObject, e.g. against Select * FROM Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_PagingFile, I'm getting two returns for a single value (same for percentprocessortime, it is ...

WMI Filtering lets you run queries against this data. A WMI filter is made up of one or more queries written in WMI Query Language (WQL) that’s evaluated against the target computer. If all the ...

WMI is the acronym for Windows Management Instrumentation, a COM based Microsoft technology used to retrieve system related information. You can use this technology to retrieve the CPU ID, MAC ID, etc ...

Goverlan last week said it's giving away its version of its GUI-based Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) tool for remote desktop management and control. The company's WMI Explorer (WMIX) lets IT ...

I'm preparing for a class I'm teaching this Fall (see www.scriptingtraining.com for the details) and I was playing around with WMI, trying to come up with some good techniques for fine-tuning queries.

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When a key service goes down on a server, you will usually hear about it from a user or another office such as the help desk when they begin receiving calls from users. It's also entirely possible ...