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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Find Information About the Network Adapter Cards on My Computer?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! When I use WMI to query for network cards on my laptop, it comes back with 32 network cards. 32! I am not lying. My laptop does not even have 32 slots, so how does it have 32 network cards in it? How can I find information about the "real" network cards on my laptop? I figure I should only have two: the wired ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Use Windows PowerShell to Run the Same WMI Queries Against Multiple Computers?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to run the same WMI queries against multiple computers on our network. Can I do this with Windows PowerShell?- KB(image) (image) Hi KB, Not only can you do this with Windows PowerShell, but you will be surprised at how easy it is to do. If you can create a text file in Notepad, you can run your multiple...