The NDIS 5.0 architecture is included in the Microsoft Windows 98/Me and Windows 2000/Windows XP operating systems.
On computers running Windows NT/Windows 2000, the Windows Management service runs as a
separate service process.
The
WMI core
WMI functionality introduced in the Windows 2000 Professional SP2 operating system (that comes as part of Windows 2000 Pro, 98 SE, and NT4 SP6) can be downloaded as part of the .NET Framework for use on older systems.