Keywords: Windows, WMI, local, remote, processes, services, event log, hardware, OS, operating system, explorer, resource utilization, WMI explorer, WMI query, freeware, shareware, sysadmin, devops, infosec

WMI Tools is a free toolkit from AdRem Software designed to access WMI information both locally and remotely.

The General Info view presents a general summary of the system. The Processes view shows a list of active processes and their resource utilization. The Services view shows a list of installed services and their associated details. The Event Log view shows all available event logs on a given machine. The Hardware view shows details of the various hardware components of the machine. The Operating System view shows software components' details of the machine's operating system. The WMI Explorer view lets you define and use custom WMI queries