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{Edit - Thanks Doc!} Windows Management Instrumentation - WMI CORE 1.5 (Windows 95/98)- WMI9X.EXE - WMICORE Windows Management Instumentation - WMI CORE 1.5 (Windows NT 4.0) - WMINT4.EXE - WMICORE Windows Management Instrumentation Downloads "Top Level" Windows Management Instrumentation - WMI SDK WMI Administrative Tools Management (WMI) Extensions for Visual Studio .NET RTM Server Explorer WMI - Windows Management Instrumentation - White Papers, etc... Frequently Asked Questions - Windows Management Instrumentation Microsoft Management Technologies Community Center {/Edit} WMI Inadvertently Cancels Intrinsic Event Queries (Q306274) Windows Management Instrumentation: Patch Q306274 DOWNLOAD LINK Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Tutorial Page Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Tutorial Direct file WMI has a restriction on syntax and valid characters for a WMI object path. The following are a list of invalid characters: ~` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) + = [ ] { } | ;\" '< > , . ? Questions with regard to The interesting parts we find many time on the forums: - how can I use it on Win9x and NT clients? Most everything that is done under NT can be done with Win9x.. F.E. Win9x does not have Performance Counters - where can I find additional information? There are several links here in this FAQ Several people have put together examples in the COM/UDF Forums of Kixtart.org - where can I find the possible names/keys within a object? It is helpful to have an object browser - - when to use COM, WMI, ADSI, etc? What is key with these technologies is remote execution of the scripts. You can do most of the actions internally to the script and do not need addtional programs to do the action. - what are/aren't possible? Most things are possible. If you are a VB Programmer, you can build your own objects. - what are interesting links? Again, there are several links referenced within this document http://cwashington.netreach.net http://cwashington.netreach.net/depo/default.asp?topic=adsifaq What is ADSI? Quote: Show me some examples: Most of these examples were taken from the Visual Basic Site 15 seconds and modified to reflect proper usage with the Windows Scripting Host. http://www.15seconds.com adding a user to a group How do I add a user to a group using ADSI? Code:
adding a global user to a local group How do I add a domain user to a local group using ADSI? Code:
creating a share How do I create a share using ADSI? Code:
starting an NT service How do I start the browser service using ADSI? Code:
WMI or What is called Windows Management Instrumentation.. http://cwashington.netreach.net/depo/default.asp?topic=wmifaq Interesting site - http://www.dx21.com/INDEX.ASP?NTI=1&SI=1 http://msdn.microsoft.com/ - Microsoft Development Network Technet Script Center Windows Script Home Page WMI - The missing manual - WMI Scripting: The Missing Manual, Part 1 Download ADSI 2.5 - Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) 2.5 ADSI Overview - Active Directory Service Interfaces Overview Object Libraries Type Library Viewer for Kix? TypeLibViewer Microsoft has an object viewer... Get it at: http://www.microsoft.com/com/resources/oleview.asp All Attributes The following attributes are defined by Active Directory http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/adschema/adschema/attributes_all.asp Global Attributes The following are the attributes that are contained in the global catalog. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/adschema/adschema/attributes_global.asp LDAP Attributes for Active Directory http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/Logon/LDAP_attributes_active_directory.htm LDAP Properties for the User object http://www.rlmueller.net/Name_Attributes.htm Provider Support of ADSI Interfaces http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/adsi/adsi/provider_support_of_adsi_interfaces.asp A Summary of the X.500(96) User Schema for use with LDAPv3 http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/rfc/rfc2256.html |