The WMI Scripting API
As noted earlier, WMI classes and objects exist only within the world of WMI itself. Within this world, Win32_Process, CIM_DataFile, and DS_Computer objects are all completely different. They all have different properties and methods, and they all represent very different parts of a computer system. As far as the scripting API is concerned, however, every single WMI object is essentially the same. Each is an instance of SWbemObject. Each has a common set of properties and methods exposed by the SWbemObjectinterface. Only through SWbemObject's methods can we discover what each instance represents in WMI terms.
Note: WMI Objects in COM
It is not only the scripting interface that sees all WMI objects as instances of the same ...
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