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.

In the last two parts of the series we saw how and why WMI exists. We even saw a small bit of code in WMI and how easy it was to write it using class abstractions provided by WMI. In this concluding ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are command line tools to fix or reset or restore the WMI repository. However, Microsoft suggests that its best that you verify if there is corruption. WMI comes with an inbuilt self-recovery ...