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Guy's Review of
Computer Utilities

1) FreePing
2) LanSurveyor
3) Xobni
4) PuTTY (UNIX)
5) WMI Monitor
6) BgInfo
7) Net-SNMP
8) Engineer's Toolset
9) DNS Stuff
10) WinDiff

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PowerShell Memory - CIM_PhysicalMemory

Check A Computer's Memory with PowerShell's CIM_PhysicalMemory

Our mission to use PowerShell to interrogate a computer's physical memory, to see the properties of that RAM stick(s).  Goals include discovering the capacity, speed and data width.  We also have pure PowerShell goals, to research with Get-member and to control the display with format-table -auto.

Topics for PowerShell Memory

• Preparation with Get-Help
• Research Properties with Get-Member
• Simple Example to Display CIM_PhysicalMemory
• Refined Example Using More Properties

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Trusty Twosome (Get-Help and Get-Member)

When you discover a new PowerShell command, it benefits from being surveyed with what I call the 'Trusty Twosome'.  Research with Get-Help and Get-Member and reveal new scripting possibilities for Get-WmiObject CIM_PhysicalMemory. To see what I mean start with Get-Help.

Preparation with PowerShell's Get-Help

The master cmdlet is Get-WmiObject, and as we will see later, PowerShell's CIM_PhysicalMemory is a class of this object.

Note 1:  If you prefer examples: help gci -full

Get-help unearths useful parameters such as -class and -computerName (-computer also works).

Simple Example:  Display CIM_PhysicalMemory

A simple script to display your computer's physical memory.

Those with a VBScript, or SQL background may be more familiar with query and select statement.  This achieves the same result, but is only useful if you wished to modify "Select *".

Research Properties with Get-Member

Note 2:  If you enjoy aliases: gwmi CIM_PhysicalMemory | gm

Note 3:  If you are fond of filters: gwmi CIM_PhysicalMemory| gm -Membertype property

Get-Member (gm) reveals a whole host of properties that you don't normally see in the Device Manager.

Refined Example: Using Properties We Researched with Get-Member

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See More Microsoft PowerShell WMI Examples:

• Home   • PowerShell Get-WmiObject   • WMI Services   • Win32_ComputerSystem   • Memory

• WMI Class  • [WMI] Type  • Win32_printer   • Win32_product   • SystemRestore   • WMI Disk   • DNS

Please write in if you have a better example script. Also please report any factual mistakes, grammatical errors or broken links, I will be happy to correct the fault.

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