Custom Search

---

---

Guy recommends:
Free network monitor

Solarwinds' free monitor makes it easy to check the performance and health of a router or firewall.

Download your free Network Device Monitor

---

---

Guy's Review of
Computer Utilities

 1) FreePing
 2) Engineer's Toolset
 3) Xobni
 4) PuTTY
 5) WMI Monitor
 6) BgInfo
 7) Net-SNMP
 8) IP Address Tracker
 9) DNS Stuff
10) WinDiff Compare

---

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

 ♣

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 *".

Guy Recommends:  Solarwinds' Free Bulk Import Tool

Import users from a spreadsheet.  Just provide a list of the users with their fields in the top row, and save as .csv file.  Then launch this FREE utility and match your fields with AD's attributes, click to import the users.  Optionally, you can provide the name of the OU where the new accounts will be born.

There are also two bonus tools in this free download, and all 3 have been approved by Microsoft:

1. Bulk-import new users into Active Directory.
2. Seek and zap unwanted user accounts.
3. Find inactive computers.

Download your FREE bulk import tool.

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

See More Microsoft PowerShell WMI Examples:

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

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

• WMI Disk   • DNS   • PowerShell -Filter   • Windows PowerShell   • Memory

Please email me if you have a script examples. Also please report any factual mistakes, grammatical errors or broken links, I will be happy to correct the fault.

 *

Custom Search

Guy Recommends: WMI Monitor and It's Free! Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is one of the hidden treasures of Microsoft operating systems. Fortunately, Solarwinds have created the Free WMI Monitor so that you can actually see and understand these gems of performance information.  Take the guess work out of which WMI counters to use for applications like Microsoft Active Directory, SQL or Exchange Server. Download your free copy of WMI Monitor

Home Copyright © 1999-2012 Computer Performance LTD All rights reserved Please report a broken link, or an error.