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Page file classes, 139–46

defined, 139

list of, 140

Win32_PageFile class, 139, 143, 144

Win32_PageFileUsage class, 143

See also Operating system classes

Page files

creating, 140–42, 144

deleting, 140–42, 145

updating, 140–42, 144–45

viewing, 140–43

PDC Emulator FSMO, 390

Performance Counter provider, 486

Performance counters

data capture, at regular intervals, 497–99, 501–2

incrementing, 502

instance data, saving, 502

retrieval performance, 500

Performance Monitor

counters, retrieving, 504–5

counters, viewing, 506–7

counters availability, 507

Performance Monitoring provider, 502–7

capabilities, 503

ClassContext qualifier, 506

defined, 502

MOF file to register, 503–4

PropertyContext qualifier, 506

Provider qualifier, 506

registration, 503

Performance providers, 486–507

defined, 212

high-performance, 486–502

Performance Monitoring, 502–7

See also WMI providers

PING.Exe utility, 406, 412

Ping provider, 212, 405–12

capabilities, 406

defined, 405

Win32_PingStatus class, 405, 407, 408, 411

See also Network components provider

Power device classes, 74–77

battery information retrieval, 74–76

defined, 74

list of, 74

Win32_PowerManagementEvent class, 74

See also Computer system hardware classes

Power management

events, 325

event type values, 325

Power Management provider, 212, 323–25

capabilities, 324

defined, 323

Win32_PowerManagementEvent class, 323, 325

Printer drivers

adding, 83, 94

information retrieval, 89

instance creation, 94

managing, 85–87

removing, 83, 94, 95

viewing, 87–88

Printers

adding, 83, 90–91

connections, adding, 90–91

default, 93

deleting, 92–93

information retrieval, 89

managing, 85–87, 92–93

pausing/resuming, 83

removing, 83

renaming, 92–93

viewing, 87–88

Printing device classes, 82–96

defined, 82

list of, 82

Win32_Printer class, 82, 83, 89

Win32_PrinterDriver class, 89

Win32_PrinterJob class, 83, 89

See also Computer system hardware classes

Print jobs

canceling, 83

deleting, 96

information retrieval, 89

managing, 85–87, 95

names, 95

pausing/resuming, 83

sample output, 96

viewing, 87–88

Privileges, 531–34

Process classes, 171–83

defined, 171

list of, 171

Win32_Process class, 171, 174, 175, 176

Win32_ProcessStartup class, 176–78

See also Operating system classes

Processes

creating, 172–73, 177

killing, 172–73, 178–79

OnCompleted sink routine and, 180–81

OnObjectReady sink routine and, 179

viewing, 172–73, 174–75

Properties

displaying, 58

See also specific classes and properties

Property providers, 3–4

defined, 3

implementation, 6

provider qualifier, 9

registration, 3

Registry, 4

See also WMI providers

PropertyValue object, 609

Provider qualifier, 9

retrieving, 15

use of, 20

Provider registration

class provider, 2

event consumer provider, 4

event provider, 4, 5

instance provider, 3

instances, locating, 11, 12–13, 14–15

method provider, 4, 5

NT Event Log event provider, 5

property, 3–4

system classes, 2

Win32 method provider, 5