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Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is an API for managing the Windows operating system on local or remote computers.

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How to list all properties of a PowerShell WMI object

When I look at the Win32_ComputerSystem class, it shows loads of properties like Status, PowerManagementCapabilities, etc. However, when in PowerShell I do the below I only get back a couple: PS C:\Windows\System32\drivers> Get-WmiObject -Class…
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Generating a unique machine id

I need to write a function that generates an id that is unique for a given machine running a Windows OS. Currently, I'm using WMI to query various hardware parameters and concatenate them together and hash them to derive the unique id. My question…
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Creating a shadow copy using the "Backup" context in a PowerShell

I am in the process of writing a PowerShell script for backing up a Windows computer using rsync. To this end, I am attempting to use WMI from said script to create a non-persistent Shadow copy with writer participation (as is apparently recommended…
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Detecting USB drive insertion and removal using windows service and c#

Looking into possibility of making an USB distributed application that will autostart on insertion of an USB stick and shutdown when removing the stick Will use .Net and C#. Looking for suggestion how to approach this using C#? Update: Two possible…
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How can I get the CPU temperature?

I need to gather some system information for the application I'm developing. The memory available and the CPU load are easy to get using C#. Unfortunately, the CPU temperature it's not that easy. I have tried using WMI, but I couldn't get anything…
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WMI "installed" query different from add/remove programs list?

Trying to use WMI to obtain a list of installed programs for Windows XP. Using wmic, I tried: wmic /output:c:\ProgramList.txt product get name,version and I get a listing of many of the installed programs, but after scrubbing this list against what…
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Getting the Username from the HKEY_USERS values

Is there a way to connect between the values under HKEY_USERS to the actual username? I saw some similar questions, but most (if not all) talks about C# code, and my need is in VBScript.
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How to call a method with output parameters in PowerShell?

I'm working on a script to get started in PowerShell. I'm trying to convert a working VBScript script that enumerates mapped network drives on a remote Windows computer. One of the tasks is to use remote WMI to read the registry and find the process…
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Can I try to ping a website through a specific adapter?

I hope this isn't too basic a question. The title kind of asks it all. :-)
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How to connect to a remote Windows machine to execute commands using python?

I am new to Python and I am trying to make a script that connects to a remote windows machine and execute commands there and test ports connectivity. Here is the code that I am writing but it is not working. Basically, I want to and it returns with…
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"Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor" programmatically

I would like to be able to set "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor" via code. A PowerShell script would be ideal. WMI seems the way forward but I have zero knowledge in WMI.
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How to solve '...is a 'type', which is not valid in the given context'? (C#)

The following code produces the error: Error : 'CERas.CERAS' is a 'type', which is not valid in the given context Why does this error occur? using System.Drawing; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace…
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Changing the physical path of an IIS website on a remote machine via Powershell

I'm currently working on a deployment script that will take my site, export it from svn, remove any testing files etc in it, minify the javascript/css, copy the code to a remote web server, and then switch the physical path of the existing site to…
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How can I retrieve a Windows Computer's SID using WMI?

I'm not looking for User SIDs. I'm looking for the computer SID, which active directory would use to uniquely identify the computer. I also don't want to query the active directory server, i want to query the computer itself.
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Finding information about all serial devices connected through USB in C#

My project requires detection of a specific device when it is connected to USB. The only way I can identify this device is by its description/device name, not the com port. What I have found to perform the correct function is using a WMI query and…
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