Chapter 16. Windows Management Instrumentation Command Line

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

Understanding wmic

Configuring the firewall to allow wmic

Running wmic

Modifying the format with the /format switch

Retrieving help from wmic

Understanding aliases

Using verbs

Understanding wmic

wmic is the command-line implementation of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). It extends WMI so that you can execute many WMI commands without a full understanding of the underlying details.

WMI is a group of technologies that allows different applications to interact with the Windows operating system. It is based on the Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) standard and it’s a full-blown scripting ...

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