Win32-PnPEntity - WMI Powershell sample

The foundations for Manageability in Windows 2019/2016/2012/2008 and Windows 10/7/XP are Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI; formerly WBEM) and WMI extensions for Windows Driver Model (WDM).

ActiveXperts Network Monitor provides the ability to build monitor check routines based on WMI. ActiveXperts has collected more than a hundred WMI samples. You can use these samples as a base for new check routines you can write yourself.

On this site, you can find many WMI samples.

The Win32_PnPEntity WMI class can be used in ActiveXperts Network Monitor to monitor your servers.

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Win32-PnPEntity

Description

The Win32_PnPEntity WMI class represents the properties of a Plug and Play device. Plug and Play entities are shown as entries in the Device Manager located in Control Panel.

Example(s)

  $computer = "LocalHost" 
$namespace = "root\CIMV2" 
Get-WmiObject -class Win32_PnPEntity -computername $computer -namespace $namespace