One of my first tasks, after I was hired at SAPIEN, was to figure out why users couldn’t view WMI classes on remote computers and turn the solution into an easy-to-follow blog post. After completing that, I had to turn it into a script so that it was even easier to set up. Although I […]
Category: WMI Explorer
WMI Explorer 2016 released
WMI Explorer 2016 was released as part of the regular update cycle for our subscribers. We added some improvements behind the scenes: – improved security blanket handling allows remote browsing for more machines on your network.– detect and handle classes with descriptions that have linefeed only line ending.– general performance enhancements. The most obvious change […]
Enable WMI Explorer Windows 8 Remote Connection Permissions
Earlier in October, I posted a blog about remote connection failures that occur when using WMI Explorer on a remote computer running Windows 8. This solution doesn’t apply to computers running other versions of Windows. To sum it up, you need to make three changes for WMI Explorer to connect to a Windows 8 remote […]
WMI Explorer Windows 8 Remote Connection Issues
Connecting WMI Explorer to a remote Windows 8 computer is not an easy task. Due to the various firewall and permission settings that Windows 8 has, there are a few things that need to be modified in order to connect properly. Please note that this article only addresses Windows 8 and 8.1 but not Windows […]
WMI Explorer 2015 gets a PowerShell console
With the latest service build WMI Explorer 2015 has received an integrated Windows PowerShell console. While previous versions had the ability to execute generated PowerShell code in a console, experimentation with that code was not possible because PowerShell does not include the commands passed as arguments to the console in the history. With this new […]
SAPIEN Update service bulletin
Recently we introduced a new SAPIEN software update tool, which makes it easier to directly download and install SAPIEN software updates. The tool also updates itself when there is a newer version of the update tool. Unfortunately on some machines that may have caused that process to get stuck, because the file may now be […]
WMI Explorer 2014 Service build 2.0.47
Our WMI Explorer 2014 gets a minor update with build 2.0.47. The new Server dialog lets you edit settings after the fact, for example when the password changes. You may notice the new “Root” field in the settings dialog, which is now also present in the initial dialog when connecting to a new computer. If […]
WMI Explorer 2014 released!
The latest version of the WMI Explorer is available now on our website. Here are just a few highlights from the features in this release: Superior performance using cached data and multi-threaded code gets you results fast Explore and query local and remote machines. A large variety of search options enables you to access the […]
Expired community previews
The community previews for WMI Explorer 2014 and PowerRegEx have now expired. We will evaluate your feedback and re-release these tools for existing customers soon. If you haven’t had a chance to provide us with your feedback, wishes and concerns, please feel free to visit the Community Tools Forum and leave us a message. […]
WMI Explorer 2014: Running Queries
WMI has a large amount of namespaces, classes and properties. While the WMI Explorer allows you to browse, search and filter all these items, it also enables you to query the underlying data for all of this. What you see above here is a standard query for the selected class. It is the same as […]
