Re: Problem "Getting" an object

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From: Peter Falz (pf.ms.news_at_asp-solutions.de)
Date: 01/11/05

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    Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:35:15 +0100

    Hi vish,

    mmh, please post your code.
    Without the code, nobody here can help you, also not the
    "Magic 8ball" ;-)

    Bye
    Peter

    "vish" <itsmedude@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1105463734.062384.320580@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
    > Hi,
    > I have a question regarding the WMI scripts. I've written WMI code
    > integrated into ASP. What it does is that it connects to the remote
    > computers in the lab and gets the whole inventory list (it gets the
    > info about each computer like hard disk capacity, free space, OS,
    > version etc..etc...). Everything works fine for me but it takes too
    > long to give me the result. For example, I have around 80 machines in
    > the lab and it takes around 9 minutes to give me the result. Is there
    > any other way that I can reduce the time and get the response quicker.
    >
    > Any help is appreciated.
    >
    > Thanks,
    > vish.
    >
    > Peter Falz wrote:
    > > Hi TroubleMan,
    > >
    > > "TroubleMan" <TroubleMan@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im
    > Newsbeitrag
    > > news:51845C27-C3E1-47A2-8D5C-DB36A4AE424B@microsoft.com...
    > > > Not sure if getting an object by any other property besides the Key
    > property
    > > > is legal but here is my question
    > > >
    > > > ***Why does this work
    > > > Set objWMI = GetObject("winMgmts:")
    > > > Set refService = objWMI.Get("Win32_Service.Name='Spooler'")
    > > > With refService
    > > > Wscript.Echo .Caption
    > > > Wscript.Echo .State
    > > > End With
    > > >
    > > > ***But this does not
    > > > Set objWMI = GetObject("winMgmts:")
    > > > Set refService = objWMI.Get("Win32_Service.DisplayName='Print
    > Spooler'")
    > > Maybe it is not named "Print Spooler". I cannot test this with "Print
    > Spooler"
    > > because in german it is named as "Druckwarteschlange", but i've
    > tested this with this
    > > word in CIM Studio and it works fine.
    > >
    > > Try this:
    > > ...
    > > Set refService = objWMI.Get("Win32_Service.Name='Spooler'")
    > > With refService
    > > Wscript.Echo .DisplayName
    > > ...
    > >
    > > Use the output of this property and it should wok also for you.
    > > Set refService =
    > objWMI.Get("Win32_Service.DisplayName='[DisplayName]'")
    > >
    > > HTH
    > >
    > > Bye
    > > Peter
    >

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