WMIC.exe is a process which handles Windows Management Instrumentation Commands. We can use this service to find some of the unsaid details or our computer. This is only for windows users.
All information are obtained via DOS commands. So first open the DOS prompt and come to C:/ root.
To fetch any property about ABC (an example) you have to write
WMIC ABC GET /VALUE
If this doesn’t work for any item try this.
WMIC ABC LIST /FORMAT:TEXTVALUELIST
In place of ABC, actual parameters can be one of these
| BASEBOARD | – Base board management (motherboard or system board) |
| BIOS | – BIOS management (Basic input/output services) |
| BOOTCONFIG | – Boot configuration |
| CDROM | – CD-ROM |
| COMPUTERSYSTEM | – Computer system [CALL/SET] |
| CPU | – CPU |
| CSPRODUCT | – Computer system product information from SMBIOS |
| DESKTOP | – User’s Desktop |
| DESKTOPMONITOR | – Desktop Monitor |
| DEVICEMEMORYADDRESS | – Device memory addresses |
| DISKDRIVE | – Physical disk drive |
| DMACHANNEL | – Direct memory access (DMA) channel |
| IDECONTROLLER | – IDE Controller |
| LOGON | – LOGON Sessions. |
| MEMCACHE | – Cache memory |
| MEMORYCHIP | – Memory chip information |
| MEMLOGICAL | – System memory, layout and availability |
| MEMPHYSICAL | – Physical memory management |
| NETCLIENT | – Network Client management |
| NETLOGIN | – Network login information for a particular user |
| NTEVENT | – NT Event Log. |
| OS | – Operating System/s |
| PAGEFILESET | – Page file settings |
| PARTITION | – Partitioned areas of a physical disk |
| PORT | – I/O ports |
| PORTCONNECTOR | – Physical connection ports |
| PRINTER | – Printer device [CALL/SET] |
| PROCESS | – Processes [CALL]* |
| PRODUCT | – Windows Installer [CALL] |
| QFE | – Quick Fix Engineering (patches) |
| REGISTRY | – Computer system registry [SET] |
| SERVER | – Server information |
| SOUNDDEV | – Sound Devices |
| STARTUP | – Commands that run automatically when users logon |
| SYSACCOUNT | – System account |
| SYSDRIVER | – System driver for a base service. [CALL] |
| SYSTEMENCLOSURE | – Physical system enclosure |
| SYSTEMSLOT | – Physical connection points including ports, slots and peripherals, and proprietary connections points |
| TEMPERATURE | – Temperature sensor (electronic thermometer) |
| TIMEZONE | – Time zone data |
| UPS | – Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) |
| USERACCOUNT | – User accounts [CALL/SET] |
| VOLTAGE | – Voltage sensor (electronic voltmeter) data |
| VOLUME | – Local storage volume [CALL/SET] |
Examples
WMIC OS GET /VALUE
WMIC BASEBOARD LIST /FORMAT:TEXTVALUELIST
WMIC BIOS GET NAME, SERIALNUMBER, VERSION
WMIC CSPRODUCT GET VENDOR, NAME, IDENTIFYINGNUMBER
WMIC PARTITION GET NAME, TYPE, SIZE
WMIC DISKDRIVE GET MODEL, NAME, SIZE
Note
WMIC is available on Windows XP, Vista, 7 or later versions of Windows.
To run WMIC requires administrator rights.
Reference taken from
http://ss64.com/nt/wmic.html