Get-WmiObject is a powershell cmdlet that allows WML queries to be run against WMI objects on the local or remote computers.
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Uninstalled Program(s) still appear in WMI Object "WIN32_InstalledStoreProgram"?
I was solving vulnerabilities on a Test PC VM at my current job to test some new procedures, and one of the vulnerabilities involved the pre-installed application "Paint3D" (Specifically QID 91774 for those interested). Long story short, the…
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Why do I receive an "RPC error" when using Get-WmiObject on a Netapp SVM
How can i get this to show me who's using the shares on our NETAPP.
$computer = "gozer"
$namespace = "root\CIMV2" # note to self find out if this is correct
$userSessions = Get-WmiObject -class Win32_ServerConnection -computername $computer…

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Check if Windows is activeted via wmi filter
I want to get a message if Windows not activated
I create gpo that run message on logon
If i run this filter via wmi filter
Get-wmiobject -query 'select licensestatus from softwarelicensingproduct where LicenseStatus like 1'
I get the message.
But…

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'get-ciminstance win32_userprofile -CimSession | select' WITHIN DO & SWITCH statements doesn't work
Cmdlet below works normally, but does nothing within a do & switch statement in code block at bottom? Debugging in ISE doesn't provide any help. Removing | Select-Object does make it function, but produces too much info. Removing -CimSession…

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How to locate a specified file types in Windows using Powershell command
I have several Windows machines and I am trying to ps remote into each one to run a command that will scan the entire host for specific file types while also tell me where they are located. So far, I've have the following command which work on most…

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Snapshot WMI Query returns nothing
-> $VMs = Get-WmiObject -Class "Msvm_ComputerSystem" -Namespace "root\virtualization\v2"
-> $vm = $VMs[1]
-> Get-WmiObject -Namespace "root\virtualization\v2" -Query "Associators Of {$vm} Where AssocClass=Msvm_ElementSettingData…

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local path of a share using wmi c#
I'm trying to make an .exe , that can list me the physical path(using WMI query)of a shared folder from the shared s name .
I'm trying to add the name of the share to the query as a 'Filter' (where )
I'm having issues with the query and get an…

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Get-WmiObject to combine to outputs
I was executing below script to obtain the server patch version of Skype for business servers.
I need the output as server patch name, version and computername.
$x = Get-Content "E:\temp\servers.txt"
foreach ($y in $x)
{
Invoke-Command…

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PowerShell Script to list both CPU and GPU temperature
I'd like to grab from multiple machines CPU/GPU Temperature
So basically i`d like an output like this
COMPUTER NAME CPU TEMPERATURE GPU TEMPERATURE
COMPUTER001 80 Degrees 70 Degrees
then a list of every computer in a table or even…

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Can WMI query a class property and filter using another class property?
I am a WMI noob. I'm using BGInfo and have a device with 2 NICs. I'm trying to query the IP address of one of the NICs. I want to submit a query based on the name of the NIC.
However, I'm running into an issue where the IP address is stored in…

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How to use Get-WmiObject's class Win32_Processor with multi processor machines
In a multi processor machine, what does get-wmiobject -class 'win32_processor' processorId return ?
The docs state
Remarks
On a multiprocessor computer, one instance of the Win32_Processor class exists for each processor.
But where in the…

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Difference between DNSHostName and Name in WMI ComputerSystem properties
These 2 properties appear to be set to the same values on a standard Windows domain environment.
Can they be different? How can they be set to different values?
e.g.
$computer = Get-WMIObject…

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Get-WMIObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration - Looping through X number of DNS Servers for each NIC
For a group of computers, I want to connect to each one, enumerate each NIC that has a real IP, and for each NIC I want to loop through each DNS server (first, second, third, fourth, fifth etc) and if it contains a specific IP (e.g. 8.8.8.8) I want…

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Getting output as infinite or Nan
I have tried the below command to get the memory usage of the computer but getting error as infinite or NaN.
$Totalsizemem=gwmi Win32_PhysicalMemory | Measure-Object -Property capacity -Sum | Foreach {"
{0:N2}" -f ([math]::round(($_.Sum /…

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Win32_Product install location of a software using powershell in windows but it is coming null or empty
I am using the command Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product in powershell to find the InstallLocation of a software installed in windows. It is showing me no value in it. What is the reason many softwares installed in windows do not have…

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