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System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher Class

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Retrieves a collection of WMI objects based on a specified query.

Namespace: System.Management

Assembly: System.Management.dll

	System.ComponentModel.Component
	System.IDisposable
	System.ComponentModel.IComponent

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Hardcore Visual Studio .NET: Monitoring Application Health with WMI and .NET

MSDN

The Windows Management Instrumentation framework is one of the least publicized yet most useful tools in the .NET Framework. In this article, you'll learn how to build enterprise class peace-of-mind into your .NET software.

How to Check if your Printer is Connected using C#

The Code Project

Make sure you check your printer's offline status before printing. This article shows how to do just that

How to retrieve REAL Hard Drive Serial Number

The Code Project

Shows you how to obtain the hardware serial number set by the manufacturer, and not the Volume Serial Number that changes after you format a hard drive.

How to retrieve REAL Hard Drive Serial Number

The Code Project

Shows you how to obtain the hardware serial number set by the manufacturer, and not the Volume Serial Number that changes after you format a hard drive.

Interrogating Systems with WMI

C# Corner

WMI allows you to retrieve information such as hardware types, software installed and much much more. This is powerful enough on a local system but WMI allows you to interrogate other systems over a network connection. WMI allows you to create an enterprise application to track the status of all your computers on the network.

Interrogating Systems with WMI - Part 2

C# Corner

After my last article on WMI it was time to get serious. WMI or Windows Management Instrumentation is useful on a local machine to produce a WINMSD type program but using it across a network makes it even more useful.

Monitoring in .NET Distributed Application Design

MSDN

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the preferred monitoring technology on the Windows platform. This article provides an intro to WMI and discusses the monitoring process in the context of .NET applications.

Monitoring network speed

The Code Project

Detecting upload and download speed of a network adapter using performance counters.

Rebooting a Remote Server using WMI

C# Corner

Windows Management Instrumentation or WMI holds many surprises and features but when my colleagues machine rebooted even I was surprised. Using WMI allows you to create management type applications and of course being able to reboot a remote computer is a necessary feature.

Retrieving Hardware Information in C#

The Code Project

Using WMI to extract Harware Information

System.Management Lets You Take Advantage of WMI APIs within Managed Code

MSDN

Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework SDK provide a new set of APIs and tools that let you consume Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) data and events from managed .NET applications. After presenting an overview of what's new for WMI in the .NET Framework and the Visual Studio .NET environment, the author provides an in-depth exploration of the Management Extensions in Visual Studio .NET for Server Explorer. These extensions help you develop management-aware software and come in handy in a variety of distributed application development scenarios.

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