Re: Using WMI to determine boot device priority

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Hello,
you have to query your PCs with WQL language, like "SELECT * FROM
WIN32_BIOS"
you can find information about how to query WMI with WQL at this url:
ttp://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/querying_with_wql.asp


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"Mike" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:d3354680.0504070838.f7dadb9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> We need to change the BIOS settings on approx 2500 machines, to set
> PXE as the primary boot device. Before visiting every desktop, I would
> like to use WMI to query this info, but I can't find how to query data
> from the BIOS itself. Any sugegstions? Thanks.


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