Questions tagged [wmi]
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the infrastructure for management data and operations on Windows operating systems. It is based on Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) and Common Information Model (CIM).
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Can we get text scaling and monitor properties with WMI?
It is possible to use WMI to detect things like:
Text scaling
Screen resolutions
Multiple Monitor configuration/layout
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I see Win32_DesktopMonitor but it doesn't seem to give me any of this info.
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Win32_EncryptableVolume and Bitlocker
I am playing around trying to learn the Win32_EncryptableVolume class functionality (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/secprov/win32-encryptablevolume). I have created a VM for the ...
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NVIDIA Drivers cause WMI corruption
Several versions of recent NVIDIA drivers are corrupting WMI. We discovered this when our systems stopped being able to update group policy, run resultant set of policy, and other items were broken. ...
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Check if Logitech K400+ is turned on or off / Logitech K400+ Power Change Event
I'd like to run a script when I turn my Logitech K400+ on or off.
I tried to detect the status of the device using Get-WmiObject win32_keyboard and Get-WmiObject win32_PointingDevice, however, the ...
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Cleaning up Windows store app install state
I'm trying to remove all traces of an old version of Microsoft 3D Viewer. These PowerShell commands say it's installed
Get-AppXPackage -All Microsoft.Microsoft3DViewer
Get-WmiObject -Query "...
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How do I get a WMI subscriber to run from a script?
I am trying to register a WMI event handler from inside a Powershell script file.
Here is the complete script I'm testing with.
$RegPath = 'HKCU:\Test\'
$Query = "SELECT * FROM ...
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Motherboard missing serial number and UUID?
I have several machines I have networked together and I use information about the motherboard to uniquely identify them. This is the Windows PowerShell code I use to get it:
>> $Manufacturer = ...
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Windows how to emulate an internal display in a virtual machine
I'm trying to run a program in a virtual machine, this program try to fetch my display information trought Windows WMI with a query:
var success = true;
List<Display> displays = new List<...
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Remote Procedure Call slow returning error
I have a server process that sends a WMI query to multiple PCs at frequent intervals. Normally it works fine and takes about 1 second to get a result from each PC. When there is a problem reaching a ...
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Get a list of supported GPU engine types
I am trying to pull GPU metrics off WMI/ Powershell
From my research I gathered that the GPU usage is segregated into different "Engine Types" (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/directx/gpus-in-...
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Attempting to register WMI task results in Event ID 10 with Error 0x80041010
I am currently trying to register a task in the WMI to run a script whenever a USB stick is inserted. For testing purposes I have written the following .mof-file (mostly taken from here):
#PRAGMA ...
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Sensible debugging of WMI Provider/Service?
So I'm trying to make sense of the issue with WMI I have. Every time a new object change is made via Group Policy Client (be it new firewall rule or any other property state change) I see about 50 WMI ...
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Renaming Computer by executing Bat Files
I am trying to create a FAST API to change the name of the system by executing the bat files. The name gets changed but its not accepting special characters like -, , and '.
I have searched a lot but ...
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Odd entries for Win32_LogonSession and respective StartTime
I'm sorry if this isn't the best place to ask this, but if not here, I'm not sure where else.
I've recently been debugging my computer and trying to see if there is any hidden malware. I've mostly ...
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Is there any benefit of keeping the default boot drive of Windows 10 as C:?
I am using below query to find that the default drive in Windows 10 is C:, is there any benefit of keeping it as it is. Also how to change the default boot drive so that it is reflected in the result ...
