eval 
    {
    local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { warn "ALARM FOR GET WMIC L: \"" . __LINE__ . "\" F: \"" . __FILE__ . "\"\n" }; # NB: \n required
    alarm 10;
    $wmicon = Win32::OLE->GetObject('winmgmts:' . '{impersonationLevel=impersonate, authenticationLevel=pkt}!\\\\' . $host . '\\root\\CIMV2\sms')
	or $ok = 0;
    alarm 0;
    };
   if($@){ $err = 1; $ret = "timeout while accessing wmi on machine $host"; return($err, $ret); }
    else { }  # didn't

##</code><code>##


    $col = undef;
    eval 
      {
      local $SIG{ALRM} = sub { warn "ALARM FOR GET EXEC QUERY: \"$query\" L: \"" . __LINE__ . "\" F: \"" . __FILE__ . "\"\n" }; # NB: \n required
      alarm 5;
      $col = $wmicon->ExecQuery($query, "WQL", wbemFlagReturnImmediately | wbemFlagForwardOnly | WbemAuthenticationLevelPkt)
         or $ok = 0;
      alarm 0;
      };
     if($@){ $err = 1; $ret = "timeout while QUERY: \"$query\" wmi on machine $host"; return($err, $ret); }
      else { }  # didn't
    if($ok == 0) { $err = 1; $ret = clean(Win32::OLE->LastError); return($err, $ret); }


##</code><code>##





    $objct = 0; $enabled = 0;
    $obj = undef;
    foreach $obj (in $col) 
      {
      my $delete = 0;
      if($debug == 1) { print "\tOBJ: \"$obj\" L: \"" . __LINE__ . "\"\n"; }

      }

##</code><code>##

  my %colhash = % { $col };
  if($debug == 1) { print "DUMP COLHASH: \"" . Dumper(%colhash) . "\" L: \"" . __LINE__ . "\"\n"; }