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<strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>Microsoft WMI SDK
1.5 Readme File<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana'>December 1999<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>This document provides late-breaking or
other information that supplements the Microsoft WMI SDK documentation.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>CONTENTS</span></strong><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><a
href="#Introduction">INTRODUCTION</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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</span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"><3E><></span><a href="#WMIandWBEM">WMI and WBEM</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><a
href="#SystemRequirements">SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"><3E><></span><a href="#OperatingSystemRequirements">Operating System
Requirements</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"><3E><></span><a href="#HardwareRequirements">Hardware Requirements</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><a
href="#UpgradeInformation">UPGRADE INFORMATION</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><a
href="#Installation">INSTALLATION</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><a
href="#SchemaFile">SCHEMA.TXT FILE</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><a
href="#WebBrowserSupport">WEB BROWSER SUPPORT</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><a
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style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E></span><a href="#RemoteAccesswithWindows9598">REMOTE
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95/98</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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CLIENTS LIMITATIONS USING AUTHENTICATION AND ENCRYPTION</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>12.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp; </span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E><></span><a href="#UnicodeFramework">USING THE NEW
UNICODE PROVIDER FRAMEWORK</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .55in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l3 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .25in .55in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>13.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp; </span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E><></span><a href="#RedistributionChanges">REDISTRIBUTION
CHANGES</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .55in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l3 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .25in .55in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>14.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp; </span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E><></span><a href="#KnownIssues">KNOWN ISSUES</a><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .55in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .55in'><a name=Introduction><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>1. INTRODUCTION<o:p></o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<span style='mso-bookmark:Introduction'></span>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .55in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .55in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>This
document provides the following information for the version 1.5 release of the
Windows</span></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana;mso-hansi-font-family:Verdana;
mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>&acirc;</span></span></strong><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>
Management Instrumentation (WMI) Software Development Kit (SDK):<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>System requirements<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Installation instructions<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>A description of known issues with the
release<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><a name=WMIandWBEM><strong><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>1.1 WMI and WBEM</span></strong></a><span style='mso-bookmark:
WMIandWBEM'><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p>
<span style='mso-bookmark:WMIandWBEM'></span>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>The user
may notice that the terms WMI (Windows</span></strong><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana;
mso-hansi-font-family:Verdana;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;
font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:
Symbol'>&acirc;</span></span></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'> Management Instrumentation) and
WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) are used in a mixed fashion throughout
the SDK documentation, samples and applications.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"><3E> </span>WMI is based on the concepts and technology of the WBEM industry
initiative and is the Windows</span></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana;mso-hansi-font-family:
Verdana;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>&acirc;</span></span></strong><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>-based
system implementation of WBEM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>For the
purpose of using this SDK, the user should treat these terms as more or less
interchangeable (e.g., WMI CIM Studio and WBEM CIM Studio are one and the same application).<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>Moving forward, all components associated
with WMI on Windows</span></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana;mso-hansi-font-family:
Verdana;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>&acirc;</span></span></strong><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>
platforms will be renamed and referred to with the specific term <20>WMI<4D> rather
than the more generic <20>WBEM<45>.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><a name=SystemRequirements><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS<o:p></o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<span style='mso-bookmark:SystemRequirements'></span>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>The
WMI SDK 1.5 release requires the following minimum configurations.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><a
name=OperatingSystemRequirements><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>2.1 Operating
System Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<span style='mso-bookmark:OperatingSystemRequirements'></span>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>The
following operating systems are supported in this release of the WMI SDK.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><u><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Operating
system</span></u></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"><3E><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> </span><u>Required</u><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Microsoft
Windows</span></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana;mso-hansi-font-family:Verdana;
mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>&acirc;</span></span></strong><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'> NT
version 4.0<span style='mso-tab-count:2'><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> </span>Service Pack 5 or
higher<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Microsoft
Windows</span></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana;mso-hansi-font-family:Verdana;
mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>&acirc;</span></span></strong><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'> 2000<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><a name=HardwareRequirements><strong><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>2.2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>Hardware
Requirements<o:p></o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<span style='mso-bookmark:HardwareRequirements'></span>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Minimum
computer configurations exist and are based on the Microsoft operating system
used. For WMI SDK development purposes, it is recommended that a Win32
developer have a computer that consists of at least:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Pentium</span></strong><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana;
mso-hansi-font-family:Verdana;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;
font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:
Symbol'>&acirc;</span></span></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>-class or Alpha (NT version 4.0
only) processor <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>32 MB RAM<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>40 MB of available hard disk space<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Video graphics card support for 256
colors at an 800 X 600 resolution<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6;
tab-stops:list .5in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Network card <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'><3E><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><a name=UpgradeInformation><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>3. UPGRADE INFORMATION<o:p></o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<span style='mso-bookmark:UpgradeInformation'></span>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>If you
have previously installed a version of the WMI SDK, it is recommended you
remove it before installing this release.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E></span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E><> </span>To remove a previous WMI SDK:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:29.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l2 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Remove
the previous version using the Add/Remove Programs option from Control Panel or
through the uninstall option found under the Start-&gt;WMI SDK menu.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:29.25pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:
l2 level1 lfo8;tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>After
uninstalling any previous WMI SDK, the Microsoft Internet Explorer cache must
be flushed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>This can be done on
Internet Explorer by deleting all files in <20>%SYSTEMROOT%\Downloaded Program
Files<EFBFBD> directory.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>After
removing the previous version of the WMI SDK, install the new release using the
instructions in section 4, Installation.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><a name=Installation><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>4. INSTALLATION<o:p></o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<span style='mso-bookmark:Installation'></span>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>To
install the WMI SDK, run the Wmisdk.exe file and follow the prompts.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>Membership in the Administrators group is
required to install the WMI SDK.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>If you
need to reinstall the SDK, it is recommended you first remove the current SDK
installation. See the instructions in section 3, Upgrade Information. Then, run
the Wmisdk.exe application.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>To use
the ActiveX components included in the WMI SDK, Microsoft Internet Explorer
version 5.0 or higher must be installed. This product can be downloaded at no
cost from the Microsoft Web site at <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/ie">http://www.microsoft.com/ie</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='tab-stops:.5in;layout-grid-mode:both'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:normal'>It should be noted that in
previous releases of the WMI SDK, on systems where Internet Information Server
(IIS) is installed, the SDK installer would put the WMI tools in the
<EFBFBD>InetPub\wwwroot\WMI<4D> folder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>The
installer now places these files in the <20>Program Files\WMI\Applications<6E> folder
whether or not IIS is installed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>No
files will be placed in the <20>InetPub\wwwroot\WMI<4D> folder.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>Previous installations where files were
placed in this folder will be upgraded such that previous versions of these
files are removed from <20>InetPub\wwwroot\WMI<4D> and the new versions placed in
<EFBFBD>Program Files\WMI\Applications<6E>.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><a name=SchemaFile><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>5. SCHEMA.TXT FILE<o:p></o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<span style='mso-bookmark:SchemaFile'></span>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>The
SCHEMA.TXT file contains information regarding the proper use and subclassing
of the CIM and Win32 classes supported by the WMI SDK as proscribed by
Microsoft and the DMTF.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>Please review
this information carefully and be sure you understand the limitations it
describes before designing your own classes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD>
</span>This file is installed in the License folder under the WMI SDK
installation directory (typically, <20>%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\wbem<65>).<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><a name=WebBrowserSupport><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>6. WEB BROWSER SUPPORT<o:p></o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<span style='mso-bookmark:WebBrowserSupport'></span>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>The
following Web browsers are supported by this version of the WMI SDK:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><u><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Operating
system</span></u></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"><3E><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> </span><u>Browsers<o:p></o:p></u></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Microsoft
Windows</span></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana;mso-hansi-font-family:Verdana;
mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>&acirc;</span></span></strong><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'> NT
version 4.0<span style='mso-tab-count:2'><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> </span>Internet Explorer
5.0<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Microsoft
Windows</span></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana;mso-hansi-font-family:Verdana;
mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>&acirc;</span></span></strong><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'> 2000<span
style='mso-tab-count:2'><3E><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> </span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> </span>Internet
Explorer 5.0<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Other
combinations of operating systems and browsers not specified in the preceding
table may also work, but are not formally supported by this version of the WMI
SDK.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><a name=NetworkCardRequired><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>7. NETWORK CARD REQUIRED</span></strong></a><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>WMI 1.5
requires a network card to start CIMOM as an NT service.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>If a network card is not present, CIMOM
cannot be started as an NT service and applications will be unable to retrieve
WMI information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>In cases where a network
card is not available, the CIMOM can be started as a standard executable
manually by running WINMGMT.EXE in the WMI home directory.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><a
name=RemoteAccesswithWindows9598><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>8. REMOTE
ACCESS WITH WINDOWS</span></strong></a><span style='mso-bookmark:RemoteAccesswithWindows9598'><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Symbol;
mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana;mso-hansi-font-family:Verdana;mso-char-type:symbol;
mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-char-type:
symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>&acirc;</span></span></strong></span><span
style='mso-bookmark:RemoteAccesswithWindows9598'><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'> 95/98</span></strong></span><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>If
Windows</span></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana;mso-hansi-font-family:Verdana;
mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>&acirc;</span></span></strong><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'> 95 or
Windows</span></strong><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:Verdana;mso-hansi-font-family:Verdana;
mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol;font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Symbol'>&acirc;</span></span></strong><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'> 98
users have problems with remote access over DCOM, make sure to set the registry
value in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\OLE\EnableRemoteConnect to
&quot;Y&quot;. You must restart the system for the change to take effect.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'><3E><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> </span><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><a name=Security><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>9. SECURITY</span></strong></a><strong><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>This
release has not had all possible security issues tested.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>Do not rely on it for system security.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><a
name=WMIClientsAuthenticationEncryption></a><strong><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>10.
WMI CLIENTS LIMITATIONS USING AUTHENTICATION AND ENCRYPTION <o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in 7.5in 8.0in 8.5in 9.0in 9.5in 10.0in 10.5in 11.0in 11.5in 12.0in 12.5in 13.0in 13.5in 14.0in 14.5in 15.0in 15.5in 16.0in'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
layout-grid-mode:line'>WMI clients can specify that they require operations to
be authenticated or encrypted when calling into WMI by using standard DCOM
procedures (IClientSecurity).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>WMI
Scripting clients can achieve the same effect by setting the SWbemSecurity
properties on an object, or specifying the relevant security attributes in a
moniker string.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in 7.5in 8.0in 8.5in 9.0in 9.5in 10.0in 10.5in 11.0in 11.5in 12.0in 12.5in 13.0in 13.5in 14.0in 14.5in 15.0in 15.5in 16.0in'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
layout-grid-mode:line'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in 7.5in 8.0in 8.5in 9.0in 9.5in 10.0in 10.5in 11.0in 11.5in 12.0in 12.5in 13.0in 13.5in 14.0in 14.5in 15.0in 15.5in 16.0in'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
layout-grid-mode:line'>In both cases, clients should be aware that when the requested
operation is to be performed asynchronously, only the request is subject to the
specified security settings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>The
asynchronous responses to the request will not be affected by the requested
settings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in 7.5in 8.0in 8.5in 9.0in 9.5in 10.0in 10.5in 11.0in 11.5in 12.0in 12.5in 13.0in 13.5in 14.0in 14.5in 15.0in 15.5in 16.0in'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
layout-grid-mode:line'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:.5in 1.0in 1.5in 2.0in 2.5in 3.0in 3.5in 4.0in 4.5in 5.0in 5.5in 6.0in 6.5in 7.0in 7.5in 8.0in 8.5in 9.0in 9.5in 10.0in 10.5in 11.0in 11.5in 12.0in 12.5in 13.0in 13.5in 14.0in 14.5in 15.0in 15.5in 16.0in'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
layout-grid-mode:line'>For example one can specify that IWbemServices.GetObject(&quot;MyBankBalance&quot;)
and its response uses encryption over the wire, but one cannot specify that the
responses to IWbemServices.GetObjectAsync(&quot;MyBankBalance&quot;) use
encryption; only the request is guaranteed to do this.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span></span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:green;layout-grid-mode:line'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list .5in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;layout-grid-mode:line'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><a name=DebugFramework><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>11.
DEBUG VERSION OF PROVIDER FRAMEWORK (FRAMEDYD)<o:p></o:p></span></strong></a></p>
<span style='mso-bookmark:DebugFramework'></span>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;layout-grid-mode:line'>The WMI
SDK includes the debug version of the provider framework library (FRAMEDYD.LIB)
and DLL (FRAMEDYD.DLL) to aid in debugging providers built upon the
framework.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>Among other checks, the
framework verifies that the variable types being passed to framework functions
are valid for that particular function.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD>
</span>In the release version of the framework library, as documented, if an
invalid type is passed to one of the CInstance Get or Set functions, the
function will return a FALSE, indicating the operation was not performed.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>In the debug version, the behavior is
exactly the same except that an ASSERT will also be raised to notify the
developer that an incorrect data type has been used before the function returns
FALSE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>This has been included to help
developers identify subtle type bugs that may inadvertently get introduced into
provider code during the development process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD>
</span>Note that these ASSERT<52>s will only be raised in the debug version of the
framework code, not in the release version (FRAMEDYN.LIB) as they intended as
an aid to developers only.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;layout-grid-mode:line'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;layout-grid-mode:line'>Below is a
table of the acceptable CIM types that can be passed to the various CInstance
Get and Set functions; passing types other than those specified to a function
will result in the call failing to perform the requested action and, in the
case of the debug framework library, and an ASSERT being raised.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;layout-grid-mode:line'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<table border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;
border:none;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<tr style='height:15.0pt'>
<td width=156 rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:116.7pt;border:solid windowtext 2.25pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Verdana'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Verdana'>CIM Data Type<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width=285 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:214.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 2.25pt;
border-left:none;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid windowtext 2.25pt;
mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
height:15.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='font-family:Verdana'>CInstance <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
height:15.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Get Functions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 2.25pt;border-right:solid windowtext 2.25pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:15.0pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:Verdana'>Set Functions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>string<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 2.25pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetCHString<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetWCHAR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetCharSplat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 2.25pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetCHString<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetWCHAR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetCharSplat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>sint8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=143 valign=top style='width:107.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=142 valign=top style='width:106.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=156 valign=top style='width:116.7pt;border:solid windowtext .5pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>uint8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=143 valign=top style='width:107.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetByte<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=142 valign=top style='width:106.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetByte<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=156 valign=top style='width:116.7pt;border:solid windowtext .5pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>sint16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=143 valign=top style='width:107.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetWBEMINT16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=142 valign=top style='width:106.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetWBEMINT16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>uint16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetWORD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetDWORD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=142 valign=top style='width:106.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetWORD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetDWORD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=156 valign=top style='width:116.7pt;border:solid windowtext .5pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>sint32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=143 valign=top style='width:107.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetWORD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetDWORD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=142 valign=top style='width:106.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetWORD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetDWORD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tr>
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<td width=156 valign=top style='width:116.7pt;border:solid windowtext .5pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>uint32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=143 valign=top style='width:107.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetWORD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetDWORD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width=142 valign=top style='width:106.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetWORD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetDWORD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tr>
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<td width=156 valign=top style='width:116.7pt;border:solid windowtext .5pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>sint64<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=143 valign=top style='width:107.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetCHString<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetWCHAR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetWBEMINT64<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width=142 valign=top style='width:106.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetCHString<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetWCHAR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetWBEMINT64<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</tr>
<tr>
<td width=156 valign=top style='width:116.7pt;border:solid windowtext .5pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>uint64<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width=143 valign=top style='width:107.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetCHString<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetWCHAR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetWBEMINT64<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width=142 valign=top style='width:106.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetCHString<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetWCHAR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetWBEMINT64<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=156 valign=top style='width:116.7pt;border:solid windowtext .5pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>real32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width=143 valign=top style='width:107.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width=142 valign=top style='width:106.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=156 valign=top style='width:116.7pt;border:solid windowtext .5pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>real64<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width=143 valign=top style='width:107.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetCHString<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetDOUBLE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width=142 valign=top style='width:106.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetCHString<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetDOUBLE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=156 valign=top style='width:116.7pt;border:solid windowtext .5pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>char16<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width=143 valign=top style='width:107.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width=142 valign=top style='width:106.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width=156 valign=top style='width:116.7pt;border:solid windowtext .5pt;
border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>datetime<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width=143 valign=top style='width:107.4pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetCHString<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetDateTime<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetWCHAR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>GetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
<td width=142 valign=top style='width:106.65pt;border-top:none;border-left:
none;border-bottom:solid windowtext .5pt;border-right:solid windowtext .5pt;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetCHString<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetDateTime<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetWCHAR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>SetVariant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><a name=UnicodeFramework><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>12.
USING THE NEW UNICODE PROVIDER FRAMEWORK</span></strong></a><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>The previous WMI SDK provider framework
was designed to support building providers that use and contain ANSI
strings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>Wide character strings could
be passed to the previous framework without problems, but internally they would
still be represented as ANSI strings and in general Unicode was not
supported.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>Providers built with
versions of the SDK <u>before</u> version 1.5 will not be compatible with the
FRAMEDYN.DLL shipped with the version 1.5 WMI core components.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>Older providers will have to be modified
using the information below and rebuilt in order to work with the version 1.5
FRAMEDYN.DLL code.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>Similarly, providers
built with version 1.5 of the framework will not work correctly on previous
versions of the core components.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>With this release of the WMI core
components and SDK, however, the framework has moved to a Unicode-only model on
all platforms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>We have compiled a list
of suggested practices to follow that will aid in migrating your previous code
to the new Unicode framework model.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>In order to simplify the Unicode
transition, the following &quot;best practices&quot; are suggested:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:19.0pt;text-indent:-19.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list 29.25pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Wherever CHString's were used
before, supply a wide-character version instead.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"><3E> </span>Where strings are directly specified (e.g., &quot;Hello&quot;),
precede them with an &quot;L&quot; to define them as wide-character strings
(e.g., L&quot;Hello&quot; ).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>When
defining variables, use wide-character versions such as WCHAR, LPWSTR, LPCWSTR,
etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>Wide-character strings are
required for all CHStrings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:19.0pt;text-indent:-19.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list 29.25pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>Do not use the TSTR string definitions
(_T, LPTSTR, etc.) as these are intended for use when supporting the same
source code in both an ANSI and a Unicode environment.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>In the new framework, all framework
providers are required to use Unicode when dealing with the framework functions
so this mixed model does not really apply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD>
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:19.0pt;text-indent:-19.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo10;
tab-stops:list 29.25pt;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:windowtext'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>If you need to provide an ANSI
only function with an ANSI string, you should first convert the CHString to
ANSI using a function like bstr_t().<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><a
name=RedistributionChanges><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>13. REDISTRIBUTION CHANGES</span></strong></a><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt .5in;layout-grid-mode:both'><span
style='mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>In order to ensure that when the WMI SDK
ActiveX controls are redistributed they are correctly and consistently
installed on systems, the REDIST.TXT file has been updated.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>Redistribution is now only allowed for the
WBEMTOOL.CAB file which contains all the SDK ActiveX controls and their associated
DLL<EFBFBD>s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>In addition, standard procedures
for the controls and DLL<4C>s are defined to make sure they are safely added or
upgraded in environments where multiple products may be using them.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>A new redistributable utility,
CabExtract.exe, has been added to the SDK to simplify extracting the controls
properly from the CAB file.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt .5in;layout-grid-mode:both'><span
style='mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt .5in;layout-grid-mode:both'><span
style='mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>In addition, the MIB and MOF files that
support the WMI SNMP provider have been added to the list of items that can be
redistributed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><span style='font-family:
Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><a name=KnownIssues><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>14.
KNOWN ISSUES</span></strong></a><strong><span style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list .5in'><strong><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><span style='font-family:
Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>These are items known to be issues in the
WMI SDK and suggested workarounds:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list 29.25pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo12;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='font-family:
Symbol;font-weight:normal'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></strong><![endif]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>On Wind</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>ows
2000 systems, when building binary MOF files for use with WMI for WDM device
drivers, the syntax check feature for these files in MOFCOMP.EXE and in the WMI
SDK MOF Compiler Wizard will not work because the file WMIMOFCK.EXE is not
installed on the system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>This file is
available in the Windows 2000 DDK distribution.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"><3E> </span>Once the Windows 2000 DDK is installed, this file can be copied
from the \NTDDK\BIN directory to the </span><strong><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>%SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\WBEM
directory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>Once this is complete, both
MOFCOMP.EXE and the WMI SDK MOF Compiler Wizard should work as expected with
regard to WMI for WDM binary MOF files.</span></strong><strong><span
style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo12;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='font-family:
Symbol;font-weight:normal'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Because they
are hosted in Internet Explorer, most of the WMI SDK tools will automatically detect
if an ActiveX control has been deleted and automatically extract the control
from the WBEMTOOL.CAB file.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>The WMI
Event Viewer tool is a standalone application, however, and does not support
this functionality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>If, for example,
the Namespace Picker control (wbemnspicker.ocx) is deleted from the system, WMI
Event Viewer will not extract this file from the CAB and will therefore fail to
work properly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>To fix this sort of
problem, simply run one of the Internet Explorer-based tools (e.g., WMI CIM
Studio) once the missing files will be restored automatically.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>In general, however, this problem should
rarely occur and only when a control is inadvertently deleted manually or by a
poorly written application.</span></strong><strong><span style='font-weight:
normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo12;
tab-stops:list .25in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='font-family:
Symbol;font-weight:normal'><3E><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>Instrumentation
issues <20> In some cases, particular WMI properties and methods return correct
results but the behavior may not be what the user expects.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>The following list is the set of properties
and methods that are known to exhibit such behavior:</span></strong><strong><span
style='font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo12;
tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>Win32_NetworkLoginProfile.BadPasswordCount</span></i></strong><strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'> <20> Depending upon the network configuration, this property
can return a count that is twice the number of login attempts that have
failed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>This can occur in situations
where both Kerberos and NTLM authentication are enabled.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>If the login fails to be authenticated by
Kerberos, the system will try NTLM authentication next.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>For each of these failures, the count of bad
login attempts will be incremented even though to the user it appears they only
attempted to log in once.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>The
Win32_NetworkLoginProfile.BadPasswordCount property is only reporting what the
underlying API indicates is the correct value of failed login attempts.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l4 level2 lfo12;
tab-stops:list 1.0in'><![if !supportLists]><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:normal'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></span></strong><![endif]><strong><i><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'>CIM_DataFile</span></i></strong><strong><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;
font-weight:normal'> <20> On some laptops, if the floppy drive is removed after
the system has been booted and already used the floppy, enumerating the CIM_DataFile
class may cause error messages to be displayed by the operating system asking
the user to check the floppy drive and ensure it is ready.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><3E> </span>This is caused by the laptop hardware not
indicating to the operating system that the floppy drive has been removed,
which is normally expected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><EFBFBD> </span>This has
been known to occur on Toshiba Tecra 8000 laptop systems.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:list .25in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><br>
</span><span style='font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://www.microsoft.com/misc/CPYRIGHT.HTM"><b><EFBFBD> 1999 Microsoft
Corporation. All rights reserved.</b></a></span></p>
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