in reply to Re: Switching on & Off
in thread Switching on & Off
WMI is *definitely* a good way to go.
I have used it (via Tcl/Tcom, so it does work outside of MS languages / tools) to audit OS and software on remote machines and also to install software on remote machines - more as a proof of concept, and not as many as 800 machines, but it definitely works.
You can run remote applications, reboot machines, etc. as long as you have the correct privileges.
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