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Why Win32_Product is Bad News!

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This entry isn’t strictly related to Group Policy, but something I came across in that context a few days ago. There is a WMI class called Win32_Product. Querying this class lets you enumerate all installed MSI applications on a given system. This might sound useful for, say, a Group Policy WMI filter. You might be tempted to use it to create a conditional Group Policy scenario whereby you only process a policy if a particular application is installed. Here’s why that ...

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