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Chris Watts
Chris Watts

Reputation: 6715

Using WMI on a remote machine

Is it possible at all to obtain WMI information (within C#.NET) from an external source such as a hard drive with a Windows installation on?

I ask this because I'm making an automated diagnostic utility for A-Level Computing, and there are often times when the remote machine may not boot, so a host machine needs to connect somehow to the faulty machine to exchange information.

If this isn't possible, do you know any way in which I can achieve this effect (e.g. by booting into a minimal operating system such as Hiren's Boot and running the .NET application)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 386

Answers (2)

Derek
Derek

Reputation: 8628

You would have to wake the machine, WMI is a service, if it isnt running then you cant Query it.

Upvotes: 0

RRUZ
RRUZ

Reputation: 136401

No you can't, to access the WMI the Windows OS and the WMI Service must be running in the remote machine.

Upvotes: 3

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