Python + WMI

Python and WMI can compose into a very powerful combination for a programmer deploying applications in complex distributed environments.

First you need the Mark Hammonds' (http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/) library extending Python to work with Win32 platform, called "pywin32"

Then follow this link http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi/ to get the Python library connecting to WMI, that wraps over the pywin32 extension, and helps to facilitate calls to WMI without need to go through Win32 API hassle.