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Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Scripting Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is a set of specifications from Microsoft for consolidating the management of devices and applications in a network from Windows systems. WMI provides users with information about the status of local or remote computer systems. It also supports such actions as the configuration of security settings, setting and changing system properties, setting and changing permissions for authorized users and user groups, among others.



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	Windows scripting secrets for disk quota management Submitted By: SearchWinComputing.com \| 13 Feb 2008 TIP - Despite improvements to disk quota management, Windows 2003 doesn't have any built-in reporting tools. Fortunately, admins can use a script to create reports on disk space usage.


	Working with WMI providers to PowerShell Submitted By: Christa Anderson, SearchWinComputing.com Contributor \| 09 Apr 2007 SCRIPTING SCHOOL - PowerShell works with data from .NET 2.0. But .NET doesn't always contain the objects you need. Here's how to use PowerShell with Windows Management Instrumentation providers.


	Vista's Windows kill switch: What to do if RFM kicks in Submitted By: SearchWinComputing.com \| 18 Jan 2007 TIP - Windows Vista's anti-piracy feature, Reduced Functionality Mode, has been called a Windows kill switch. If RFM kicks in, what should you do?


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	Windows scripting tutorials for systems administrators SearchWindowsServer.com \| 07 Jan 2009 SCRIPTING SCHOOL - Need to bone up on your scripting know-how? It's time to go to school. Check out Christa Anderson's monthly scripting column.


	Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI -- Chapter 28, 'Scripting Security' Addison-Wesley Professional \| 12 Jan 2006 BOOK CHAPTER - This chapter focuses on ways to address the two primary security issues associated with scripting and helps you to configure a safer scripting environment.


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	Lack of scripting skills could derail a Windows career SearchWinIT.com \| 13 Feb 2008 ARTICLE - Active Directory and Exchange Server administrators must learn scripting language and command prompts to keep their careers on track.


	Customizing a mapped drive inventory SearchWinComputing.com \| 08 Feb 2007 ARTICLE - Creating an inventory of mapped drives yields a useful file, but some filtering would help. Here's how to do that with string formatting functions and regular expressions.


	Why you should care about Windows PowerShell SearchWinComputing.com \| 30 Oct 2006 ARTICLE - Find out why scripting expert Christa Anderson thinks Windows PowerShell has certain advantages over VBScript.


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