Talk:Windows Management Instrumentation

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Isn't it Windows Management Interface--not instrumentation?

No, the page author(s) is/(are) correct; it's "instrumentation". The following from the MSDN Library: "Summary: Introduces Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation, part of Windows 2000 (but available for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0), which is designed to help you manage your enterprise systems, applications, and networks as they become larger and more complex." (MSDN Library http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwmi/html/mngwmi.asp) I guess that page is a "little" (O.o) outdated, but I assume the name was never changed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.224.89.239 (talk • contribs) .

This article looks like it has been plagiarised from a microsoft document. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Janstetka (talk • contribs) .

I agree - hardly NPOV —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.196.239.2 (talk • contribs) .

The article has a header "Why is it important to write a WMI provider for our customers?" in addition to a non-NPOV, no doubt courtesy of M$! I'm no expert on WMI so I won't try editing this, but I think this should be replaced - it's not a wikipedia article. -psych787

Adding to the comment that this page has been plagiarised, note this reference in the document: "This briefly describes the WMI implementation and some of the terms often used when dealing with WMI. More information about WMI is available in this document, in the “Additional Information” section on page 76 ..." I suggest the article be removed.

It would help me to have a WMI for dummies paragraph written without computer terms, in simple English instead. I want to learn what WMI is/does and so know how to respond to pop-ups from my security programs about WMI. Is wikipedia a good place for such basic information? ThanksMandy501 (talk) 10:03, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The article is a bit inaccessible to those untrained in the internals of OSs. Fixing that would require a significant effort. Since this is a volunteer effort, I cannot guarantee you a deadline. Meanwhile, WMI, in simplest terms, is a standardized way to manage and configure installed applications and/or monitor their performance statistics. This should be of interest to developers and system administrators; end users should not have to worry about that. If you are seeing WMI prompts, something is wrong. If you can provide the text of the prompt, I might be able to help you. --soum ^talk 10:16, 26 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's not true that something has to be wrong for WMI to trigger prompts. Firewalls regularly warn when WMI tries to access the internet. Anyone turning to this article to find out what WMI is and why it might be seeking to go online would be almost entirely baffled: this is a classic example of an article which can only be understood by people who know the answers already. Sentences are crammed with more linked technical terms than can be reasonably followed up. The topic may merit a place in Wikipedia, but not this approach to it.GardenQuad (talk) 01:23, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

wrong

"WMI is available as a download for Windows 95 and Windows 98."

Its available for NT4 too —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.16.160.17 (talk) 22:48, 8 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]