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- WMI
- Windows Management Instrumentation A programming interface API in Windows that allows system and network devices to be configured and managed. WMI is based on WBEM, which stores all...
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- SysUpTime (exe)
- SysUpTime is a powerful distributed network/system management product. It provides users with out-of-box capabilities to efficiently and proactively manage any kind of network. Key features of SysUpTime: Automatic network discovery and accurate topology map; Real-time, end-to-end event management; Built-in reporting and graphing; Trended Performance, Status, and Service Monitoring (including PING,...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Exchange Server, WMI, SysUpTime, Network Administration, Telnet, LDAP, E-mail Servers, Networking, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-12-07
- WMIX (exe)
- WMIX WMI eXplorer is a GUI front end to WMI. It has been designed to provide unrestricted access to WMI through an intuitive and easy-to-use graphical user interface. WMIX is for both system administrators with WMI scripting knowledge and system administrators who have never used WMI before. WMIX provides access...
- Tags: WMI, WMIX, Network Administration, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-12-05
- Paessler WMI Tester (zip)
- Paessler WMI Tester is a tool for quickly and easily testing the accessibility of WMI counters. "Windows Management Instrumentation" is the latest technology from Microsoft for monitoring and managing Windows based systems. WMI allows a process to read data for many Windows' configuration parameters as well as current system status...
- Tags: WMI, Paessler WMI Tester, Network Administration, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-12-04
- WMI Query (widget)
- WMI Query is a tool for querying the WMI Interface in Windows with tons of system information. I use it to see how many user sessions are logged on to my Web site at any given moment. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: WMI, WMI Query, Network Administration, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-11-07
- HDD Activity Widget (widget)
- HDD Activity Widget indicates the read and write accesses to the selected local disk via WMI graphically and as percent count. Available in German and English. The language depends on the country setting of your widget engine. The query interval of the WMI Data can be modified in the widget...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Disk, Yahoo! Inc., WMI, Language, HDD Activity Widget, Network Administration, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-11-06
- Disc Monitor (widget)
- This Disc Monitor will show your current Local Disk activity (read & write) as text and history graph. It is resizeable, colorizeable and some other nice options. It use the fast WMI API. WMI doesn't report this for all drives so the list of available devices is limited to these...
- Tags: Monitor, Disc, WMI, Network Administration, Monitors & Displays, Networking, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2007-10-31
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) CORE 1.5 (Windows NT 4.0) (EXE)
- Windows Management Instrumentation WMI makes Windows extremely manageable using a single consistent, standards-based, extensible and object-oriented interface. WMI is the Microsoft implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management WBEM, an industry initiative to develop a standard technology for accessing management information in an enterprise environment. This initiative helps companies lower their total...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Corp., WMI, Network Administration, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-08-30
- Management (WMI) Extensions for Visual Studio .NET 2003 Server Explorer (msi)
- This component adds WMI-based management extensions to the Visual Studio .NET Server Explorer tool through two new nodes, Management Classes and Management Events. Management Classes allow the developer to browse and modify WMI data as well as invoke methods. Management Events enable the developer to register for WMI events. Data...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net 2003, Microsoft Visual Studio.Net, Server, WMI, Network Administration, Microsoft Development Tools, Networking, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2007-08-30
- Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) SNMP Provider 1.5 Build 1085.0005 (exe)
- The SNMP Provider allows WMI to surface SNMP information. Build 1085.0005. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: SNMP, WMI, Network Administration, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-08-30
- Windows Management Instrumentation Tutorial (exe)
- Windows Management Instrumentation Tutorial is designed to help you understand how to use and create modification to the WMI schema. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: WMI, Windows Management Instrumentation Tutorial, Network Administration, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-08-30
- WMI Code Creator (zip)
- The WMI Code Creator tool generates code that uses WMI to obtain management information or perform management tasks. You can use the tool to learn how to manage computers using WMI scripting and WMI .NET. The tool generates code that runs on the local computer, a remote computer, or a...
- Tags: WMI, Tool, WMI Code Creator Tool, Network Administration, Productivity, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-08-28
- Boost your Windows scripting skills: Investigate classes, the core functionality of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
- System admins automate Windows administration by writing scripts with Windows Management Instrumentation WMI, and classes provide the core functionality of WMI. But many Windows admins don't fully understand how classes are organized and that there is a pattern to the way WMI classes are stored in the hierarchy. Take your...
- Tags: Class, Microsoft Windows, WMI, Chapter Coverage, Network Administration, Networking
- Book chapters 2006-09-19
- Purgos (msi)
- Purgos, with its standard WMI interface, provides fast, asynchronous, real-time access to your network and most machine management tasks such as Remote Control, Hardware and Software inventory and distribution, automated computer configuration and many other computer configuration tasks. With the development of network management tools, managing a large number of...
- Tags: WMI, Computer, SofTulz, Productivity, Network Administration, Networking
- Software downloads 2006-06-28
- Kernel WMI Object Security
- Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation WMI enables kernel-mode device drivers and system firmware to expose WMI objects for configuration and instrumentation. This paper describes the default security permissions for kernel WMI objects on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Windows Vista and how system manufacturers and BIOS developers can change the...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Corp., Kernel, WMI, Network Administration, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating Systems, Software
- White papers 2006-06-13
- VbsEdit (exe)
- The award-winning VBScript editor that dramatically reduces the time you spend writing .VBS scripts. Features include Syntax coloring, Built-in debugger, Auto-capitalize and Auto-completion features (list object members, display parameters info, complete words), Dynamic help (If you press F1, help is provided for the word under the cursor), Code snippets, Tons...
- Tags: Web Browser, WMI, Network Administration, Web Browsers, Networking, Internet
- Software downloads 2006-05-17
- Create a WMI/ADSI script that gathers Windows system information across your domain
- This sample chapter from Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI offers systems administrators a straightforward guide to scripting, including a ready-made example script accompanied by complete line-by-line explanations. This sample chapter from Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI walks Windows administrators through the process of designing, writing,...
- Tags: Chapter, Microsoft VBScript, Domain, Microsoft Windows, WMI, Addison-Wesley, Scripting Languages, Network Administration, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Networking
- Book chapters 2006-05-11
- WMI Explorer (zip)
- WMI is the Microsoft's implementation of Web-Based Enterprise Management WBEM - a new management technology that allows software to monitor and control managed resources throughout the network. WMI Explorer allows you to Explore the full set of WMI management classes, objects and their properties Browse through objects and settings on...
- Tags: WMI, WMI Explorer, Network Administration, Networking
- Software downloads 2006-03-23
- FreeSysInfo (exe)
- FreeSysInfo allows you to discover system and network information on your local machine or network computer. The WMI Windows Management Instrumentation tool is used to discover full NDIS information, wireless network status and type, network adapters, system processes and services, serial communications and display information, hardware and connections status, user...
- Tags: Network, WMI, FreeSysInfo, Networking, Network Administration, Wi-Fi, Wireless
- Software downloads 2006-01-24
- Improve Windows management with this guide for mastering Services, the Registry, and WMI
- This sample chapter, taken from Microsoft Windows Internals, Fourth Edition: Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 discusses three mechanisms in Microsoft Windows that assist with system management and configuration. Examine the overall structure of Windows, the core system mechanisms on which the structure is...
- Tags: Registry, Microsoft Corp., WMI, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Book chapters 2005-10-12
- Using WMI Scripting for System Administration
- Windows Management Instrumentation WMI, which offers administrators a rich management scripting tool set, is an integral part of the Microsoft Windows family of operating systems - which includes Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 20
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., WMI, System Administration, Microsoft Windows, Network Administration, Operating Systems, Software, Networking
- White papers 2004-06-01
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