[python-win32] uAnn: WMI 1.3 *and a tutorial*

[Tim Golden]

I've finally got round to putting together a tutorial for the WMI 
module, covering the basics and some advanced stuff. I've uploaded it to:

   http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/wmi-tutorial.html

along with release 1.3 of the WMI module itself, which adds
support for Extrinsic events.



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Python WMI Module
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What is it?
===========

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is Microsoft's implementation 
of Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), an industry initiative to 
provide a Common Information Model (CIM) for pretty much any information 
about a computer system.

The Python WMI module is a lightweight wrapper on top of the pywin32
extensions, and hides some of the messy plumbing needed to get Python to
talk to the WMI API. It's pure Python and should work with any version 
of Python from 2.1 onwards (list comprehensions) and any recent version 
of pywin32.


Where do I get it?
==================

http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi.html


Copyright & License?
====================

(c) Tim Golden <mail at timgolden.me.uk> 5th June 2003
Licensed under the (GPL-compatible) MIT License:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php


How do I install it?
====================

When all's said and done, it's just a module. But for those
who like setup programs:

python setup.py install


Prerequisites
=============

If you're running a recent Python (2.1+) on a recent Windows (2k, 2k3, 
XP)and you have Mark Hammond's win32 extensions installed, you're 
probably up-and-running already. Otherwise...

   Windows
   -------
   If you're running Win9x / NT4 you'll need to get WMI support
   from Microsoft. Microsoft URLs change quite often, so I suggest you
   do this: http://www.google.com/search?q=wmi+downloads

   Python
   ------
   http://www.python.org/ (just in case you didn't know)

   pywin32 (was win32all)
   ----------------------
   http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/Downloads.html
   Specifically, builds 154/155 fixed a problem which affected the WMI
   moniker construction. You can still work without this fix, but some
   more complex monikers will fail.

How do I use it?
================

There's a tutorial at http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi-tutorial.html 
and examples at: http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi_cookbook.html
but as a quick taster, try this, to show all stopped services:

import wmi

c = wmi.WMI ()
for s in c.Win32_Service ():
   if s.State == 'Stopped':
     print s.Caption, s.State