Writing scripts for remote computer management can save man-hours and shoe leather. But like any part of Windows, it has to be properly secured, or you risk opening up your network to the bad guys.

Over the last few months, we’ve been discussing a variety of security-related topics. We’ve placed a particular emphasis on using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to accomplish these tasks.

Remember that other security mechanisms prevent blatant misuse of WMI. Before you remove groups from WMI permissions, note that the default permissions don’t allow groups other than administrators to ...