[RESOLVED] wmi-registry

[arkiboys]

\root\cimv2
Do you know if the above wmi path is looking at the registry?
if so, please let me know where in the registry I can find it.
Thanks.

[jmcilhinney]

WMI has nothing to do with the Registry specifially. That's a namespace. CIMV2 stands for Common Information Model version 2. Just as the .NET Framework uses namespaces to organise types into areas of common functionality, so too does WMI.

[arkiboys]

Is there a way to dig into where the wmi is looking?
I am using select * from win32_printers.
I am wondering if I can drill down into the folder or anything where this information is being retrieved.
Thanks

[Deepak Sakpal]

What? It's not related to registry. Its a default namespace in WMI.

EDIT: Ohh... quite late.

[jmcilhinney]

I don't really understand what you're getting at. What exactly is it that you want to achieve? Do you just want to see what WMI classes are available? If so then they're all listed and explained on MSDN.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...54(VS.85).aspx

[masfenix]

i think he means whether where WMI is retreiving the data from, so he can do it himself, without using WMI.

[arkiboys]

Thanks guys,
I was just wondering if I can somehow figure out why I get access denied on the 64 bit machines and not others.