Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: WMI
Version: 1.4.9
Summary: Windows Management Instrumentation
Home-page: http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi.html
Author: Tim Golden
Author-email: mail@timgolden.me.uk
License: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
Description-Content-Type: UNKNOWN
Description: *****************
        Python WMI Module
        *****************
        
        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/index.html
        
        
        Copyright & License?
        ====================
        
        (c) Tim Golden <mail@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
        
        It's also pip/easy_install-able
        
        
        How do I use it?
        ================
        
        There's a tutorial here: http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi/tutorial.html,
        and some 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
        
        
        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.
        
        makepy
        ------
        (NB my own experience over several systems is that this
        step isn't necessary. However, if you have problems...)
        You may have to compile makepy support for some typelibs. The following
        are reported to be significant:
        
        Microsoft WMI Scripting Library
        WMI ADSI Extension Type Library
        WMICntl Type Library
        
        If you've not done this before, start the PythonWin environment, select
        Tools > Com Makepy utility from the menu, select the library by name, and
        click [OK].
        
        
        
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