Here's a script to get you started. Below is also some links for further
information.
const wbemFlagReturnImmediately = &h10
const wbemFlagForwardOnly = &h20
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_PrintJob",
"WQL", _
wbemFlagReturnImmediately +
wbemFlagForwardOnly)
for each objItem In colItems
wscript.echo "Print Job:" & vbTab & objItem.Name
wscript.echo "Total Pages:" & vbTab & objItem.TotalPages
wscript.echo "PagesPrinted:" & vbTab & objItem.PagesPrinted
wscript.echo
next
WMI capabilities also include eventing, remoting, querying, views, user
extensions to schema, instrumentation, and more.
To learn more about WMI, go to
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp
and search for the keyword phrase "About WMI"
The Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN) and TechNet are both good sources of
samples. Here are some links to useful locations on these sites:
. The TechNet Script Center
Includes hundreds of sample scripts categorized by technology and
administrative task.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=24771.
. MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library.
For WMI scripts, search for "WMI System Administration scripts".
For WMIC (the WMI Command Line Utility), see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/wmic.asp .
. The WMI Software Developers Kit (SDK)
http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/platformsdk/sdkupdate
For a set of problem solutions by category, see Using WMI > WMI Tasks
for Scripts and Applications.
. The Windows 2000 Scripting Guide online
The complete text of the book, which includes many examples of WMI
scripting.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/2000/server/scriptguide/en-us/default.mspx
. The "Tales from the Script" column on TechNet
Basic and intermediate scripting topics.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/scripts/default.mspx
. The "Scripting Clinic" column on MSDN
More advanced scripting topics.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/nhp/Default.asp?contentid=28001169
. Newsgroups
You can post questions about WMI and WMI applications or scripts to
several newsgroups on the Msnews.microsoft.com news server:
Microsoft.public.win32.programmer.wmi
Microsoft.public.windowsxp.wmi
Microsoft.public.windows.server.scripting
