Leveraging WMI Scripting: Using Windows Management Instrumentation to Solve Windows Management Problems

Publisher: Digital Press | ISBN: 1555582990 | edition 2003 | CHM | 918 pages | 12 mb

"WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) is a black hole to many Windows administrators, yet it is a hidden jewel that can be exploited…

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a powerful tool built into Windows which enables organizations to manage servers and user PCs connected to their networks. WMI brings the power of managing a Windows network to unprecedented levels. For example, through WMI an administrator can easily write a script that will identify…

Craig Tunstall, Gwyn Cole, «Developing WMI Solutions: A Guide to Windows Management Instrumentation»

Addison Wesley | ISBN: 0201616130 | 2002 | PDF | 816 pages | 6.07 MB

“Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is an impressive technology that provides, for the first time, an integrated approach to hardware and software management for the…

This text offers a structured description of the most important WMI providers available: including Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, and Windows Server 2003; it covers the WMI management of the Windows Registry, Active Directory, and SNMP.

Alain Lissoir's home page - http://www.lissware.net/ (there are many articles about WMI)