The script in Listing 1 shows the information you can retrieve at the WMI level from the ADSI computer object on a pre-Windows 2003 computer. You need to provide only the computer's Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) name. At callout A in Listing 1, the script retrieves the ADSI computer object that represents the specified computer. From the created ADSI computer object, the script uses the ADSI-WMI extension's WMIObjectPath property to retrieve the path of the WMI object that the ADSI object represents, as the code at callout B in Listing 1 shows. In this case, the WMI object's path includes the moniker
WINMGMTS:
{impersonationLevel=impersonate}
!//W2K-EVO500A/root/cimv2:
Win32_ComputerSystem.Name=
'W2K-EVO500A'
You can then use the WMI object's path to retrieve the Win32_ComputerSystem object that the ADSI computer object represents.
Alternatively, you can use the ADSI-WMI extension's GetWMIObject to retrieve the Win32_ComputerSystem object right away, as the code at callout C in Listing 1 shows. This method uses the WMI object's path behind the scenes. . . .
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