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Identifies the user that is currently connected to Windows Management Instrumentation using the WMI Control dialog box.


Click to connect as a different user.


Displays information about the computer to which you are connected. Includes information about the computer, the operating system, and the version and location of the WMI Control files.


Specifies whether you are connected to Windows Management Instrumentation as the person who is logged on to the computer, or want to connect under a different name. Clear the check box if you want to log on under a different name.


Enter the user name with which you want to connect to Windows Management Instrumentation.


Enter the password with which you want to connect to the Windows Management Instrumentation.


Specifies whether error logs are kept for Windows Management Instrumentation services and, if so, the level of logging that is maintained. By default, each log file reports all errors that occur. Click Disabled to turn off error logging. Click Verbose to report all actions and errors.

Note that selecting Verbose may slow system performance slightly.


Specifies the maximum size (in bytes) of the Windows Management Instrumentation log files. Once a file reaches the maximum size, the file name extension is renamed from .Log to .Lo_, and a new log file is started. When the second file reaches the maximum size, the first file is deleted and the second file is renamed.


Specifies the folder location of Windows Management Instrumentation log files. To change the location, type in a new path, or click Browse to set the location.


Click to specify a location for the Windows Management Instrumentation log files.


Specifies whether automatic backup is turned on or off. Clear the check box to turn off automatic backup. If you select the check box, the repository is backed up to the file Cim.rec, overwriting the previous backup each time.


Provides a space for you to type the time interval between backups of the repository. You can define any interval from five minutes to 999 minutes or one hour to 24 hours. You can use only whole numbers.


Specifies whether the time interval between backups is set in minutes or hours.


Displays the date and time when the repository was last backed up automatically. This information does not apply to manual backups.

This feature is unavailable if the computer you are managing is running a previous version of Windows Management Instrumentation.


Click to overwrite the current repository with the last version of the repository saved by an automatic backup.


Click to back up the repository immediately. You will be prompted to specify the name and location of the backup file. Use the extension .rec with any repository backup file you specify.


Click to overwrite the current repository with a previous version from a selected backup file. You will be prompted to select the file. This is only useful if you have backed up the repository manually to uniquely named files. Automatic backups repeatedly overwrite the same file (Cim.rec).


Select the namespace for which you want to specify user access permissions.


Click to specify user access for the selected namespace.


Lists the users and groups authorized to access WMI.

Select a user or group and then click Remove to delete the user or group from the list. To add a new user or group, click Add.


Click to select the users and groups to whom you want to assign permissions.


Click to remove the selected user or group.


Lists the standard permissions that you can allow or deny for each user or group. If Allow is not selected for a permission, then the user or group may have obtained the permission through group membership. If not, then the group or user is implicitly denied the permission. To explicitly allow or deny the permission, click the appropriate check box. If a check box is shaded, then the permission has been inherited.


Displays the file location for the repository.


Displays the namespace that is targeted by default in script files.


Click to change the namespace that is targeted by default in WMI scripts.


Displays the namespace for which you want to specify scripting.


Specifies whether Active Server Pages scripts can access Windows Management Instrumentation. Select the check box to allow access. Be aware that enabling this option can compromise security, as your Active Server Pages will always connect to Windows Management Instrumentation using the process level security context of Internet Information Services.


Specifies whether users are allowed to connect to this computer anonymously, as security is limited on computers running Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Millennium Edition.


Specifies whether Windows Management Instrumentation is started automatically whenever the computer is started, only when the event subsystem needs it, or not at all.