
To undo any changes you make to WMI, type: winmgmt /sharedhost Netsh firewall add portopening TCP 24158 WMIFixedPort the following example will establish port TCP 24158):

Net start "Windows Management Instrumentation"

Restart the WMI service again in a new service host by typing:.Net stop "Windows Management Instrumentation" For more details, see Microsoft Documentation - Setting Up a Fixed Port for WMI. However, you can set up the WMI service to run as the only process in a separate host and specify a fixed port. WMI runs as part of a shared service host with ports assigned through DCOM by default. You need to set up a fixed port to work with WMI. The functionality of this adapter is as same as the SQLite adapter. Path to Resource - Should contain the full network path with appended filename (\\PDQ\database.db)

In addition for the following parameters note:įile Name - Should contain the PDQ DB filename (i.e. These fields are not part of the PDQ Inventory adapter configuration. The adapter parameters are as same as the SQLite adapter, which are also as same as the CSV adapter parameters, except for the File contains users information and the File contains installed software information parameters. This adapter fetches the following types of assets: PDQ Inventory is a systems management tool that scans Windows computers to collect hardware, software, and Windows configuration data.
