The WMI interface, which DomainScan and other management tools use (for instance, DomainScan Pro, Microsoft Operations Manager or Microsoft System Management Server), is a powerful management interface, due to the fact that all newer Microsoft applications has a WMI-interface that can expose useful hardware and software information.




Information is retrieved by using SQL-like statements. These statements are called WQL queries (SQL for WMI), and can be used to extract information about both hardware and software from both the local and remote computers. WQL supports basic SQL – see the WMI information page at the GH Software website.

Enter the query in the Query field, and select computer(s) and namespace. Then press Run query to let DomainScan start the query on the selected computer(s).

To query the local computer, type . as computername. For any other computer, type the name of the computer.

If the query returns successfully (data is returned), the query will be remembered, and the returned data will be shown in the Data area.