Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)

Chapter 7. System Configuration

Computer systems do not run by themselves. However careful we are with hardware and software purchases, and however carefully a system rollout is planned, a large network of computers runs smoothly only if it is given constant care and attention from its administrators. In many ways, system maintenance is to the corporate computer what fly-by-wire technology is to an aircraft. A modern plane may be able to fly itself with no user intervention to a large extent, but without a pilot regularly checking the controls, and the engineer performing safety checks on the ground, there is always a chance that the plane will fall out of the sky. Likewise, without constant monitoring and adjustment, computer systems soon start ...