Chapter 19. Querying Complex WMI Information

IN THIS CHAPTER

You've seen how to perform basic WMI queries and work with the results; in this chapter, I'll explain how more complex classes interrelate with one another and how you can work with them inside of your scripts. You'll use these techniques for working with a number of security- and configuration-related tasks, and they'll truly make WMI a powerful administrative tool.

In the previous chapter, I briefly described how some WMI classes have complex interrelationships with other classes, and promised to show you-in this chapter-how to deal with the information contained in those relationships. I even mentioned specific WQL keywords, including REFERENCES OF and ASSOCIATORS OF-that are used to query these complex classes. Now it's time to dive in and put them to work.