ManagementBaseObject object, 858
ManagementClass object, 852, 853
ManagementEventWatcher object, 856–57
Management Information Base (MIB)
files, 451–52
Insight SNMP files, 817
private, conversion, 481
SNMP definitions, 454
SNMP private information, accessing, 463–67
ManagementObjectSearcher object, 854
ManagementScope object, 852, 853, 856
Mass storage classes, 33–40
defined, 33
list of, 33
Win32_LogicalDisk class, 33–40
See also Computer system hardware classes
Memory, information gathering, 44
Message Tracking Logs provider, 794–99
defined, 794
ExchangeMessageTrackingEntry class, 794–98
user interface, 797
See also Exchange 2000 providers
_MethodProviderRegistration system class, 13
Method providers
defined, 4
provider qualifier, 9
registration, 4, 5
See also WMI providers
Methods. See specific classes and methods
MicrosoftDNS_Atype class, 449
MicrosoftDNS_Cache class, 426, 446
MicrosoftDNS_CNAMEType class, 449
MicrosoftDNS_Domain class, 426
MicrosoftDNS_DomainResourceRecordContainment class, 426
MicrosoftDNS_ResourceRecord class, 426–27
CreateFromTextRepresentation method, 449
defined, 448
MicrosoftDNS_RootHints class, 426
MicrosoftDNS_Server class, 426, 427
BootMethod property, 436
EventLogLevel property, 436
Forwarders property, 436
IsSlave property, 436
ListenAddresses property, 437
methods, 431–34
NoRecursion property, 436–37
properties, 436
RoundRobin property, 437
StartScavenging method, 436
StartService method, 436
StopService method, 436
MicrosoftDNS_ServerDomainContainment class, 426
MicrosoftDNS_Zone class, 426, 427
AllowUpdate method, 445
ChangeZoneType method, 444–45
CreateZone method, 443–44
ForceRefresh method, 445
instances, 439
PauseZone method, 445
property values, 444
ReloadZone method, 445
ResetSecondaries method, 445
WriteBackRootHintDatafile method, 446
WriteBackZone method, 446
Microsoft_DomainTrustStatus class, 252
MicrosoftIE_Certificate class, 812
MicrosoftIE_FileVersion class, 813
MicrosoftIE_LanSettings class, 811
Microsoft_LocalDomainInfo class, 252, 256
Microsoft Office providers, 809–11
capabilities, 809
classes, 810–11
defined, 809
OffProv, 809
OffProv10,809
See also Application WMI providers
Microsoft Operations Manager, 814, 824–25
installation directory, 824, 825
OM_Alert class, 824
Service pack 1, 825
Microsoft_TrustProvider class, 252, 253, 256
Modem device classes, 77–82
defined, 77
list of, 73
modem information retrieval, 78–80
Win32_POTSModem class, 77, 78
See also Computer system hardware classes
MOFCOMP.EXE, 463, 480, 508, 522, 818
MOF files
compiling, 463
loading, 466
namespace creation with, 460, 461, 509
to register Performance Monitor provider, 503–4
Motherboard, controller, port classes, 40–49
defined, 40
hardware components, 40
hardware resource information retrieval, 42–43, 44, 45, 47–49
list of, 41–42
Win32_DMAChannel class, 40, 46, 47
Win32_IRQResource class, 40
Win32_PCMCIAController class, 40
Win32_PhysicalMemory class, 40
Win32_Processor class, 40
See also Computer system hardware classes
MSAD_DomainController class, 395, 400
ExecuteKCC method, 403
instances, 395
MSAD_NamingContext class, 399
MSAD_ReplCursor class, 400
MSAD_ReplNeighbor class, 401
information display from, 401–2
SyncNamingContext method, 404
MSAD_ReplPendingOp class, 399
MSCluster_Cluster class, 748, 749, 750
MSDiskDriver_Geometry class, 772, 775
MSFT_FCExecutedTraceEvent class, 523, 524
MSFT_FCTargetTraceEvent class, 523, 524
MSFT_ForwardingConsumer class, 518–22
Authenticate parameter, 521
Encryption parameter, 521
ForwardingQoS parameter, 521
IncludeSchema parameter, 521
instances, creating, 518–19, 520
MaximumQueueSize parameter, 521
support, 518
target machine, 518
TargetSD parameter, 522
Targets parameter, 522
MSFT_SomFilter class, 306
MSNdis_MediaConnectStatus class, 775
MSNdis_StatusMediaDisconnect class, 775
MSSQL_Database class, 802, 803
MSSQL_DatabaseLogin class, 803
MSSQL_SQLServer class, 802
Multimedia audio/visual class, 146–47
defined, 146
properties and methods, 146
Win32_CodecFile class, 146–47
See also operating system classes