Listing WMI Namespaces installed on a host

Ladies and Gents

Many months ago I posted a script on how to search a namespace for different classes. The post is here

A common question I then get asked is “How do I know what WMI namespaces are installed on a system?” The answer is not immediately obvious so I thought I’d share it with you all.

 

Get-WMIObject -class __Namespace -namespace root | Format-Table name

 

I get the following output from my Vista RTM machine.

name ---- subscription DEFAULT MicrosoftDfs CIMV2 Cli Nap SECURITY SmsDm RSOP ccm WMI directory Policy ServiceModel SecurityCenter MSAPPS12 Microsoft Aspnet

 

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.

 

Hope this helps

 

BenP

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• Anonymous
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  @Remco your gettin that 'cause you miss a "_". It's "__Namespace" not "_Namespace"