Top "Wmi" questions

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

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 …

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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:…

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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 …

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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 …

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How to get CPU temperature?

I need to gather some system's information for the application I'm developing. The memory available and the CPU load are …

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How do I get total physical memory size using PowerShell without WMI?

I'm trying to get the physical memory size using PowerShell, but without using get-wmiobject. I have been using the following …

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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 …

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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 …

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How to terminate process using VBScript

I have this VBScript code to terminate one process Const strComputer = "." Dim objWMIService, colProcessList Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=…

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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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