The same information can be gathered in any scripting langauge. Here is an example using Visual Basic gathering the same information as shown above.

'***************************************************************************
' 
' 10-07-01
' Simple VB Script to illustrate use of WMI to gather system information
' and display it in the same format at the Windows Management Console
'
'***************************************************************************
Set SystemSet = GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf ("Win32_ComputerSystem")
for each System in SystemSet
	system_name = System.Caption 
        system_type = System.SystemType
	system_mftr = System.Manufacturer
	system_model = System.Model
next

Set ProcSet = GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf ("Win32_Processor")
for each System in ProcSet
	proc_desc = System.Caption 
	proc_mftr = System.Manufacturer
	proc_mhz = System.CurrentClockSpeed
next

Set BiosSet = GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf ("Win32_BIOS")
for each System in BiosSet
	bios_info = System.Version
next

Set ZoneSet = GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf ("Win32_TimeZone")
for each System in ZoneSet
	loc_timezone = System.StandardName
next

Set OS_Set = GetObject("winmgmts:").InstancesOf ("Win32_OperatingSystem")
for each System in OS_Set
	os_name = System.Caption
        os_version = System.Version
	os_mftr = System.Manufacturer
	os_build = System.BuildNumber
	os_dir = System.WindowsDirectory
        os_locale = System.Locale
	os_totalmem = System.TotalVisibleMemorySize
	os_freemem = System.FreePhysicalMemory
        os_totalvirmem = System.TotalVirtualMemorySize
	os_freevirmem = System.FreeVirtualMemory
	os_pagefilesize = System.SizeStoredInPagingFiles
next

strResponseText = ("OS Name:  " & os_name & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("Version:  " & os_version & " Build " & os_build & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("OS Manufacturer:  " & os_mftr & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("System Name:  " & system_name & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("System Manufacturer:  " & system_mftr & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("System Model:  " & system_model & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("System Type:  " & system_type & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("Processor:  " & proc_desc & " " & proc_mftr & " ~" & proc_mhz & "Mhz" & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("BIOS Version:  " & bios_info & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("Windows Directory:  " & os_dir & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("Locale:  " & os_locale & Chr(10))  
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("Time Zone:  " & loc_timezone & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("Total Physical Memory:  " & os_totalmem & "KB" & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("Available Physical Memory:  " & os_freemem & "KB" & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("Total Virtual Memory:  " & os_totalvirmem & "KB" & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("Available Virtual Memory:  " & os_freevirmem & "KB" & Chr(10))
strResponseText = strResponseText & ("Page File Space : " & os_pagefilesize & "KB" & Chr(10))

MsgBox strResponseText, 0,"System Summary Information"

The output of this VBScript is shown here: