Win32 classes, such as Win32_NetworkAdapter or Win32_Process, monitor and manage system hardware and features. Generally, these classes are located in the root\cimv2 WMI namespace. The following table lists the Win32 class categories.

Computer System Hardware Classes

Hardware-related objects.

Operating System Classes

Operating system related objects.

Installed Applications Classes

Software-related objects.

WMI Service Management Classes

Management for WMI.

Performance Counters Classes

Raw and calculated performance data from performance counters.

Security Descriptor Helper Class

Class that provides methods to convert security descriptors between different formats.

See Also

WMI Classes

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