| Provider |
Description |
| Active Directory
Provider |
Maps Active Directory� objects to WMI. By accessing the
LDAP namespace in WMI, you can reference or alias any object in the Active
Directory. Supports the standard IWbemInit interface. |
| Cooked Counter
Provider |
Windows XP: High-performance provider that is the
preferred source of calculated ("cooked") data. Cooked data is the same
data displayed in System Monitor. WMI supplies cooked classes such as
Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfOS_Cache, which allows applications to
obtain cooked data for performance objects, such as the cache. |
| DFS
Provider |
Windows .NET Server: Supplies Distributed File
System (DFS) functions that logically group shares on multiple servers and
transparently link them into a treelike structure within a single
namespace. |
| Disk Quota
Provider |
Windows XP: Allows administrators to control the
amount of data that each user stores on an NTFS volume. |
| Event Log
Provider |
Windows NT/2000: Accesses data from the event log
service and to notifications of events. |
| IP Route
Provider |
Windows .NET Server: Supplies network routing
information. |
| Job Object
Provider |
Windows XP: Provides access to data on named kernel
job objects. |
| Performance
Counter Provider |
Windows 2000 and later:High-performance provider
that is the preferred source of raw performance data. WMI supplies raw
classes such as Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Cache, which allows
applications to obtain raw performance data for performance objects such
as the cache. |
| Performance
Monitoring Provider |
Windows NT/2000 and earlier: Provider for cooked
data. In Microsoft� Windows� XP, the Cooked Counter provider supplies the
C++ and scripting APIs that access cooked data. |
| Ping
Provider |
Windows XP: Supplies WMI access to the status
information provided by the standard ping command. |
| Power Management
Event Provider |
Windows 2000 and later: Supplies information to the
Win32_PowerManagementEvent
class to describe power management events resulting from power state
changes by modeling the Windows 2000 power management protocols.
|
| Security
Provider |
Retrieves or changes security settings that control
ownership, auditing, and access rights to Microsoft�
Windows NT�/Windows 2000 file system (NTFS) files, directories,
and shares. |
| Session
Provider |
Windows NT/2000 and later: Manages network sessions
and connections. |
| SNMP
Provider |
Maps Simple Network Mail Protocol (SNMP) objects defined
in Management Information Base (MIB) schema objects to WMI CIM classes.
This provider is not preinstalled but available for
Windows NT/Windows 2000 and later. |
| System Registry
Provider |
Enables management applications to retrieve and modify
data in the system registry, and to receive notifications when changes
occur. This provider is not preinstalled but available for all operating
systems. |
| Trustmon
Provider |
Windows .NET Server: Accesses information about
domain trusts. |
| View
Provider |
Creates new instances and methods based on instances of
other classes. |
| WDM
Provider |
Windows NT/2000 and later: Access the classes,
instances, methods, and events of hardware drivers that conform to the WDM
model. |
| Win32
Provider |
Access and updates data from Windows systems such as the
current settings of environment variables and the attributes of a logical
disk. |
| Windows
Installer Provider |
Accesses information collected from Windows
Installer�compliant applications and makes Installer procedures available
remotely. |
| Windows Product
Activation Provider |
Windows 2000 and later: Supports Windows Product
Activation (WPA) administration using WMI interfaces, allowing uniform
server administration in Windows XP. |