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Windows Management Instrumentation

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the infrastructure for management data and operations on Windows-based operating systems. You can write WMI scripts or applications to automate administrative tasks on remote computers but WMI also supplies management data to other parts of the operating system and products, for example System Center Operations Manager, formerly Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), or Windows Remote Management (WinRM).

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WMI error on FDCC/USGCB domain

Our lab recent moved to a domain with FDCC/USGCB policies and we ran into a number of problems with our client / server configuration. Rather than outline everything, I point you to a link and simply say that the Windows Management Interface (WMI)…
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Enabling WMI and corresponding firewall exception via a Group Policy Object

I have tried enabling WMI on my local domain using a group policy object which sets the service as on at startup. In addition i added an exception for it via the windows firewall policy option for remote admin (something along those lines). Some…
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WMI missing MSMQ queue name

Running the following query in WMI fails to return 2 queues that are active on the computer. SELECT Name,messagesinqueue FROM Win32_PerfRawdata_MSMQ_MSMQQueue Anyone know what could be causing this problem. I get plenty of queues listed, but missing…
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Server 2008 R2, Exchange 2010, WMI error event 10

The system is windows 2008 R2, with Exchange 2010 SP1 installed. I am receiving the following event log application error: event 10, WMI Event filter with query "SELECT * FROM __InstanceModificationEvent WITHIN 60 WHERE TargetInstance ISA …
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How do I install the IIS 6 WMI on Windows XP?

I want to use WMI on Windows XP to manage an IIS 6.0 server. I have installed the IIS 6.0 Manager but the WMI components still aren't available. I'm using the following line of PowerShell to test whether the WMI components I need are installed. This…
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I get Get-WmiObject : Generic Failure error on an XP Machine. What needs to be done to get rid of this?

I am trying make an uninstall app which removes an application X on a regular basis. The starting point to access applications installed in a Windows machine is through retrieving them from a WMI Class called Win32_Product. But when I run the basic…
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Windows script to change from DHCP to Static IP addressing

I need a (WSH) script that clients can execute on their machines themselves and with a minimum of hassle and without me requiring any special privileges. The script should take the existing IP address, subnet mask and default gateway of the ethernet…
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WMI - Win 2k8 - How do I tell what it's dependancies are?

I've got a server that'll boot and log let you term serv into it at 6 min but acutally become useful at 18 min from hitting reboot. After rooting around in the logs I strongly think it's a service timing out and my current suspect is the WMI…
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How to list the Exchange 2003 accounts with any delivery option

I'm looking for a way to list the accounts that have any delivery option set in Exchange 2003. I have used WMI to query the Exchange classes described at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa142577(EXCHG.65).aspx but so far I haven't found any…
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How to script GPO in Windows computers without Active Directory?

Does anyone know how to script GPO for users in a Windows computer that is not on any Active Directory network? I can't use GPMC because it doesn't work without a domain. I have been searching the net for the last couple of hours and all the…
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WinMgmts error on Windows 2008 R2 Server

I have a VBS file that is failing on this line: Set objWMIService = GetObject("WinMgmts:{authenticationLevel=pktPrivacy} \\myserver\root\MicrosoftIISv2") with this error: Microsoft VBScript runtime error: The remote server machine does not exist or…
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wmic change default output format(get only process executable path)

Using wmic to get information about process. wmic process where processid="" gives many details (Caption, creationtime, arguments, ExecutablePath etc) . Right now I am processing the output to get name and process-executable-path. Is there…
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Zenoss need to get freespace threshold and alerts on windows "mount points"

I have a WMI query that will give me all the data I need to do this but I can't figure out how to get this working in Zenoss. I know I need to set data points and a threshold, and optionaly a graph. The problem is examples of how to do this with WMI…
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VBScript Array Help for Select Statement

I'm using a select statement to show all services on a system currently set to Auto (automatic). The trouble is the list of service I do not want to see is growing. While still not larger than the list of services I do not want to see. I'm hoping…
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Limit on WMIC requests from a Windows Service

Does anyone know if there is limit on how many wmic requests Windows can handle simultaneously if they are originating from a Windows service? The reason I'm asking is because my application fails when too many simultaneous requests have been…
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