For COM/DCOM,WMI on Windows platform. The library: http://www.j-interop.org/index.html Some helpful examples: http://www.vijaykandy.com/2009/09/windows-management-instrumentation-wmi-from-java/ http://henryranch.net/software/jwmi-query-windows-wmi-from-java/ http://nikunjp.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/wmi-with-java-using-j-interop/