Review

WMI looks complex, but that's primarily because there's so darn much of it. Boiled down, WMI isn't difficult at all, and can really be a lot of fun when you get used to it. In this chapter, you've learned how WMI works, how you can access it from your scripts, and how to methodically create WMI scripts to perform almost any task. You also learned about some of the tools that make WMI easier to work with, such as Wbemtest and the WMI Object Browser. I also introduced you to the WMI Scriptomatic from Microsoft, which makes creating new WMI scripts a real breeze.

COMING UP

Now that you have the WMI basics under your belt, it's time to start querying and working with basic information. In the next chapter, I'll do just that, giving you plenty of examples to work with. Afterward, I'll move on to querying more complex information, and show you how easy it can be to make even complex WMI tasks scriptable.