http://blogs.technet.com/benp/archive/tags/get-wmiobject/default.aspxTags: get-wmiobjecten-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/benp/archive/2008/01/29/listing-wmi-namespaces-installed-on-a-host.aspxTue, 29 Jan 2008 14:06:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2793745benp2http://blogs.technet.com/benp/comments/2793745.aspxhttp://blogs.technet.com/benp/commentrss.aspx?PostID=2793745http://blogs.technet.com/benp/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=2793745<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Ladies and Gents</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Many months ago I posted a script on how to search a namespace for different classes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The post is </FONT><A href="http://blogs.technet.com/benp/archive/2007/06/15/searching-wmi.aspx"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>here</FONT></A></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>A common question I then get asked is “How do I know what WMI namespaces are installed on a system?”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </SPAN>The answer is not immediately obvious so I thought I’d share it with you all.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT face=Calibri size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></P> <TABLE class=MsoTableGrid style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1 class="MsoTableGrid"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #d9d9d9; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; WIDTH: 462.1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217" vAlign=top width=616> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p><FONT size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>Get-WMIObject -class __Namespace -namespace root | Format-Table name<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Calibri size=3></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>I get the following output from my Vista RTM machine.</FONT></P> <TABLE class=MsoTableGrid style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-border-alt: solid black .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: text1" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=1 class="MsoTableGrid"> <TBODY> <TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes"> <TD class="" style="BORDER-RIGHT: #f0f0f0; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #f0f0f0; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BACKGROUND: #d9d9d9; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0cm; BORDER-LEFT: #f0f0f0; WIDTH: 462.1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0cm; BORDER-BOTTOM: #f0f0f0; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217" vAlign=top width=616> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><o:p><FONT size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>name<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>----<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>subscription<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>DEFAULT<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>MicrosoftDfs<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>CIMV2<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>Cli<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>Nap<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>SECURITY<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>SmsDm<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>RSOP<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>ccm<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>WMI<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>directory<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>Policy<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>ServiceModel<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>SecurityCenter<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>MSAPPS12<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>Microsoft<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=3>Aspnet</FONT></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT size=3></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>So by searching the host for a list of namespaces, and then searching each namespace for the classes available you can find some really useful stuff.</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Hope this helps</FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri size=3>&nbsp;</FONT></o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>BenP</FONT></P><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2793745" width="1" height="1">PowerShellwminamespaceclassget-wmiobjectgwmi