VistaPE and WMI not playing nice

[damon]

First Question, Is there a plugin that I need to allow WMI to work in VistaPE environment? Hours and hours of searching brought me to a no conclusion. but I feel that there has to be.

Here is the problem. using a simple script that i got off of the forums that pulls model. The reason I got it is because it works.tested

$computer = '.'
$wbemFlagReturnImmediately = 0x10
$wbemFlagForwardOnly = 0x20
$oWMIService = ObjGet('winmgmts:\\' & $computer& '\root\CIMV2')
If IsObj($oWMIService) Then
$colItems = $oWMIService.ExecQuery('SELECT * FROM Win32_ComputerSystem', 'WQL', $wbemFlagReturnImmediately + $wbemFlagForwardOnly)
If IsObj($colItems) Then
For $oItem In $colItems
    $model = $oItem.Model
Next
EndIf
EndIf


MsgBox (0,"",$model)

works on XP and Windows7. But VistaPE I get an ERROR

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--Line 13 (File "H:\test2.exe"):

--Error: Variable used without being declared

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I started with using the ScriptoMatic tool and thought maybe it was outputing the wrong code, but truely I have searched for this answer for about 5 days and I keep coming up without an answer.

thanks in advance for any help.

[PsaltyDS]

Is the "Windows Management Instrumentation" service running while in PE?

[damon]

I do not think so, and I think that is the problem. I have looked all over the msdn technet to find out how to start the service or what I need to do, and I have not found the answer yet.

[damon]

I am thinking that winmgmt should be the service that needs started. It is not on the vistape disk, and I have copied it from win7 but of course I can not start the service because it says that the service name is invalid.

I am using

net start winmgmt.exe

to try and start the service with no luck.... Any Clues?

[Marcodl]

you have to add WMI package manually in WinPE

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709665(WS.10).aspx

[PsaltyDS]

you have to add WMI package manually in WinPE

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709665(WS.10).aspx

Nice link.