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Gotcha's with WMI?
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Windows API functions
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows XP SP2
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Thread ID:
01266233
Message ID:
01266523
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I used WMI to access login permissions (groups a user belongs to and permissions). There are times there is a problem with WMI on the machine or the network admin refuses to have it installed for the purpose of preventing applications from from doing just that.


>I have run into a problem using API calls to get a MAC address to identify a machine. On Windows XP if the cable is disconnected, id don't get the adapter's MAC address using NetWkstaTransportEnum.
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>I can get it using WMI, but I am wondering what issues I might have in the wild trying to use WMI?
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