Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Scripting Guide
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One point that has been reiterated throughout this chapter is that most WMI scripts follow a simple three-step pattern. In general, WMI scripts:
To become proficient in writing WMI scripts, you need to understand the nuances of these three steps. The preceding section of this chapter was a bit more theoretical in nature: It provided useful background information for understanding what WMI is and what it can do. This portion of the chapter takes a more practical approach; in particular, it provides a detailed look at the three steps used in most WMI scripts. This is done by:
In addition to detailing the three steps in a typical WMI script, this section also looks at two other important elements in script writing: working with WMI dates and times, and monitoring events.
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