WMI is the acronym for Windows Management Instrumentation, a COM based Microsoft technology used to retrieve system related information. You can use this technology to retrieve the CPU ID, MAC ID, etc ...

Microsoft's emerging Server Management Tools (SMT) suite now supports Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2, the company announced on Wednesday. SMT includes a collection of familiar tools ...

Microsoft deprecated the Windows Management Instrumentation Command Line tool (WMIC) in Windows Server in 2016, with Windows 10 following suit in 2021. Although it is still available in Windows 11 as ...

Microsoft announced on Wednesday that its Server Management Tools (SMT) suite now supports Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. SMT includes a collection of familiar tools that are just ...

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.

Let's face it, Windows machines get hacked, and in some environments it happens a lot. Fortunately, Microsoft has built numerous tools into Windows so administrators and power users can analyse a ...

In today’s post, we will identify the cause and then provide the resolution to the issue of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) Group Policy filters, that compare Win32_OperatingSystem ...

The issue occurs if the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) service is not running or stopped. You can check the status of the WMI Service in the Windows 11/10 Services app. If the service is ...

Wmiprvse.exe is the executable file for the Windows Management Instrumentation Provider Service that performs essential error reporting and monitoring functions. Some ...