we need to install few libraries in order to write the tooling in this if you followed the initial instructions at the beginning of the bookyou'll have easy_install ready to rock if notrefer to for instructions on installing easy_install execute the following in cmd exe shell on your windows vmc:\easy_install pywin wmi if for some reason this installation method does not work for youdownload the pywin installer directly from nextyou'll want to install the example service that my tech reviewers dan frisch and cliff janzen wrote for me this service emulates common set of vulnerabilities that we've uncovered in large enterprise networks and helps to illustrate the example code in this download the zip file from install the service using the provided batch scriptinstall_service bat make sure you are running as administrator when doing so you should be good to goso now let' get on with the fun part