Microsoft® Windows® Scripting with WMI: Self-Paced Learning Guide

10 Part I: Getting Started with WMI

Figure 1-2 The WMI Control Properties dialog box, accessible from the WMI Control console

To add the WMI Control console to a custom MMC:

1. Click Start, click Run, and then type mmc in the Open box of the Run dialog box.

Click OK.

2. On the custom console’s (Console1) File menu, select Add/Remove Snap-In.

3. In the Add/Remove Snap-In dia

log box, click Add.

4. In the Add Standa

lone Snap-In dialog box, select WMI Control (bottom of the list), and

then click Add.

5. In the Change Managed Computer dialog box, select either

Local Computer or Another

Computer. If you choose Another Computer, you are g