How to List Keyboard Properties using VBScript and WMI Object?

With WMI Object on windows, it is easy to retrieve hardware information via SQL-like query, for example, the following query retrieves the keyboard information.

Select * from Win32_Keyboard

The following VBScript runs at Windows Script Host (and you could use Microsoft JScript or other programming languages to do the same thing).

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' List Keyboard Properties
On Error Resume Next
 
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
 
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Keyboard")
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Caption: " & objItem.Caption
    Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description
    Wscript.Echo "Device ID: " & objItem.DeviceID
    Wscript.Echo "Is Locked: " & objItem.IsLocked
    Wscript.Echo "Layout: " & objItem.Layout
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
    Wscript.Echo "Number of Function Keys: " & objItem.NumberOfFunctionKeys
    Wscript.Echo "Password: " & objItem.Password
    Wscript.Echo "PNP Device ID: " & objItem.PNPDeviceID
Next

' List Keyboard Properties
On Error Resume Next

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Keyboard")
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Caption: " & objItem.Caption
    Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description
    Wscript.Echo "Device ID: " & objItem.DeviceID
    Wscript.Echo "Is Locked: " & objItem.IsLocked
    Wscript.Echo "Layout: " & objItem.Layout
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
    Wscript.Echo "Number of Function Keys: " & objItem.NumberOfFunctionKeys
    Wscript.Echo "Password: " & objItem.Password
    Wscript.Echo "PNP Device ID: " & objItem.PNPDeviceID
Next

It outputs the following on my PC where I use the Razer BlackWidow Keyboard.

Caption: Enhanced (101- or 102-key)
Description: Razer BlackWidow
Device ID: USB\VID_1532&PID_011B&MI_00\6&31CE2353&0&0000
Is Locked: 
Layout: 00000409
Name: Enhanced (101- or 102-key)
Number of Function Keys: 12
Password: 
PNP Device ID: USB\VID_1532&PID_011B&MI_00\6&31CE2353&0&0000
Caption: Enhanced (101- or 102-key)
Description: HID Keyboard Device
Device ID: HID\VID_1532&PID_011B&MI_01&COL01\7&358259A0&0&0000
Is Locked: 
Layout: 00000409
Name: Enhanced (101- or 102-key)
Number of Function Keys: 12
Password: 
PNP Device ID: HID\VID_1532&PID_011B&MI_01&COL01\7&358259A0&0&0000

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