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ManagementScope Class

Represents a scope (namespace) for management operations.

Namespace:  System.Management
Assembly:  System.Management (in System.Management.dll)

'Declaration
Public Class ManagementScope _
	Implements ICloneable
'Usage
Dim instance As ManagementScope

The following example initializes a new ManagementScope with a specific path and then connects the scope object to a WMI namespace. The example connects to a namespace on a remote computer.

Imports System
Imports System.Management
Public Class RemoteConnect

    Public Overloads Shared Function Main( _
    ByVal args() As String) As Integer 


        ' Build an options object for the remote connection 
        ' if you plan to connect to the remote 
        ' computer with a different user name 
        ' and password than the one you are currently using 

        ' Dim options As ConnectionOptions  
        ' options = new ConnectionOptions() 

        ' Then set the options.Username and  
        ' options.Password properties to the correct values 
        ' and also set  
        ' options.Authority = "ntdlmdomain:DOMAIN" 
        ' and replace DOMAIN with the remote computer's 
        ' domain.  You can also use kerberose instead 
        ' of ntdlmdomain. 


        ' Make a connection to a remote computer. 
        ' Replace the "FullComputerName" section of the 
        ' string "\\FullComputerName\root\cimv2" with 
        ' the full computer name or IP address of the 
        ' remote computer. 
        Dim scope As ManagementScope
        scope = New ManagementScope( _
            "\\FullComputerName\root\cimv2")
        scope.Connect()

        ' Use this code if you are connecting with a  
        ' different user name and password: 
        
        ' Dim scope As ManagementScope 
        ' scope = New ManagementScope( _ 
        '     "\\FullComputerName\root\cimv2", options) 
        ' scope.Connect() 

        ' Query system for Operating System information 
        Dim query As ObjectQuery
        query = New ObjectQuery( _
            "SELECT * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem")
        Dim searcher As ManagementObjectSearcher
        searcher = _
            New ManagementObjectSearcher(scope, query)

        Dim queryCollection As ManagementObjectCollection
        queryCollection = searcher.Get()

        Dim m As ManagementObject
        For Each m In queryCollection
            ' Display the remote computer information
            Console.WriteLine("Computer Name : {0}", _
                m("csname"))
            Console.WriteLine("Windows Directory : {0}", _
                m("WindowsDirectory"))
            Console.WriteLine("Operating System: {0}", _
                m("Caption"))
            Console.WriteLine("Version: {0}", m("Version"))
            Console.WriteLine("Manufacturer : {0}", _
                m("Manufacturer"))
        Next 

        Return 0
    End Function 
End Class

System.Object
  System.Management.ManagementScope

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0
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