WMI queries in WinPE 4.0

Question

_{Thursday, January 31, 2013 1:03 AM}

Hi All,

I am having an issue with a WMI query in WinPE.  I am trying to query WMI to find part of the DeviceID and install a video driver package if it matches.  Here is what I have:

SELECT DeviceID FROM Win32_PnPEntity WHERE DeviceID like "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06E4%"

This works fine from the Windows 7 OS when I test this from my task sequence, but it looks like it may not exist in WinPE?  What I have gathered from my searches is that WMI is very limited in PE and have been looking for a "list" of supported WMI commands, but have not found any.  I am running SCCM 2012 SP1 and deploying Windows 7 x64 Pro.  Should I ditch WMI in PE and look at another method?  Thanks in advance.    

All replies (4)

_{Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:28 AM ✅Answered}

Hi,

How about something like this:

wmic:root\cli>path Win32_PNPEntity where "PNPDeviceID like 'PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06E4%'" get caption

_{Thursday, January 31, 2013 1:54 AM}

No, WMI should be fully enabled in PE.

Have you tried your query (or listing all objects from that class) from a command-prompt started from within PE using WMIC?

Jason | http://blog.configmgrftw.com

_{Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:00 AM}

Hi Jason,

Here is the result of me trying this WMI command in PE:

wmic:root\cli>SELECT DeviceID FROM Win32_PnPEntity WHERE DeviceID like "PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06E4%"
SELECT - Alias not found.

I guess I will need to find a new command instead of SELECT to get the device ID in WinPE or there is something basic I am missing.  Currently reading up on the commands.

_{Thursday, January 31, 2013 2:37 PM}

Hi,

How about something like this:

wmic:root\cli>path Win32_PNPEntity where "PNPDeviceID like 'PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06E4%'" get caption

Exactly what I am looking for, thank you.