Extensive Windows Management Interface (WMI) demo

Category:

Windows 2000/XP

Type:

Applications

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Author:

Shane M. Croft

Version Compatibility: Visual Basic 6

More information:

This program demonstrates numerous aspects of Windows Management Interface (WMI), including how to use to:

Obtain information about the hardware configuration
Start and Stop DHCP
Obtain information about the local domain
Manage the Event Log
View Running Network Protocols
View Current Print Jobs
List Running Processes

Important: WMI comes with Windows 2000. If you have a different version of Windows, you must download the appropriate version of WMI at http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/sdks/wmi/download.asp.

Instructions: Click the link below to download the code. Select 'Save' from the IE popup dialog. Once downloaded, open the .zip file from your local drive using WinZip or a comparable program to view the contents.

Download wmi_demo1.zip