This is straight from the Microsoft Technet July 2005 CD set. I’ve not seen it elsewhere, and since I’ve found it so useful, I’m going to repost it here. WMIC is the command line interface to WMI. Using the WMIC alias makes it easier to return computer information, all from a command line.
The following table contains example text of common queries using WMIC Aliases. To run one of the queries, cut the entire contents of a cell in the Example Text column, paste at the WMIC command prompt, edit the variables as appropriate, and press the ENTER key.
| Alias | Example text (includes variables) |
| ALIAS | ALIAS GET FriendlyName,PWhere,Target |
| BASEBOARD | BASEBOARD GET Product,Manufacturer |
| BIOS | BIOS GET Manufacturer,Name,ReleaseDate,SMBIOSBIOSVersion |
| BOOTCONFIG | BOOTCONFIG GET BootDirectory,Description |
| CDROM | CDROM GET Drive,MediaLoaded,Name,Size,SystemName,VolumeName |
| COMPUTERSYSTEM | COMPUTERSYSTEM GET Domain,Manufacturer,Model,Name,PrimaryOwnerName |
| CPU | CPU GET CurrentClockSpeed,DeviceID,ExtClock,MaxClockSpeed,L2CacheSize,Caption |
| CSPRODUCT | CSPRODUCT GET Name,Vendor |
| DATAFILE | DATAFILE WHERE “Extension=’ini’ and path=’\\’” GET Name,LastModified |
| DATAFILE | DATAFILE WHERE “Path=’\\windows\\system32\\wbem’ AND Extension=’dll’ GET Name,LastModified |
| DCOMAPP | DCOMAPP GET AppID,Name |
| DESKTOP | |
| DESKTOPMONITOR | DESKTOPMONITOR WHERE Availability=’3′ GET ScreenHeight,ScreenWidth,PNPDeviceID |
| DEVICEMEMORYADDRESS | DEVICEMEMORYADDRESS GET CSName,Name,StartingAddress,EndingAddress |
| DISKDRIVE | DISKDRIVE GET InterfaceType,Model,Partitions,Size,SystemName,Model,Name |
| DISKQUOTA | DISKQUOTA WHERE “lIMIT>’100000’” |
| DMACHANNEL | DMACHANNEL LIST |
| ENVIRONMENT | ENVIRONMENT WHERE “Username=’<SYSTEM>’” GET Name, VariableValue,Name |
| FSDIR | FSDIR WHERE “Path=’\\Windows\\’” GET CSName,Compressed,EightDotThreeFilename,Filename |
| GROUP | GROUP WHERE “Name=’Domain Users’” |
| IDECONTROLLER | IDECONTROLLER GET Manufacturer,Name,Status,SystemName |
| IRQ | IRQ GET CSName,Name,Status,IRQNumber |
| JOB | JOB GET Command,RunRepeatedly,StartTime |
| LOADORDER | LOADORDER GET Name,GroupOrder /format:csv:”sortby=GroupOrder” |
| LOGICALDISK | LOGICALDISK WHERE “DriveType=’3’ OR DriveType=’4’” GET Caption |
| LOGON | LOGON GET AuthenticationPackage,LogonID,LogonType,StartTime |
| MEMCACHE | MEMCACHE GET InstalledSize,CacheType,SystemName |
| MEMLOGICAL | MEMLOGICAL GET TotalPageFileSpace,TotalPhysicalMemory |
| MEMORYCHIP | MEMORYCHIP GET Capacity,DeviceLocator,MemoryType |
| MEMPHYSICAL | MEMPHYSICAL GET MaxCapacity,MemoryDevices |
| NETCLIENT | NETCLIENT GET Name,Status |
| NETLOGIN | NETLOGIN GET PasswordExpires,Name,NumberOfLogons,ScriptPath,LogonServer |
| NETPROTOCOL | NETPROTOCOL GET Name,Status,SupportsBroadcasting |
| NETUSE | NETUSE GET Name,Status,UserName |
| NIC | NIC GET AdapterType,Caption,MACAddress,NetconnectionStatus,ServiceName,MACAddress |
| NICCONFIG | NICCONFIG WHERE MACAddress!=NULL GET Caption,DefaultIPGateway,DHCPServer,DNSHostName,DNSServerSearchOrder |
| NICCONFIG | NICCONFIG WHERE Index=1 CALL EnableDHCP |
| NTDOMAIN | NTDOMAIN GET Description,DnsForestName,DomainControllerAddress |
| NTEVENT | |
| NTEVENTLOG | NETEVENTLOG GET FileSize,MaxFileSize,LogFileName,OverWritePolicy |
| ONBOARDDEVICE | ONBOARDDEVICE GET Description,Enabled |
| OS | OS GET CSName,CSDVersion,OSType,Version,NumberOfUsers,Caption,CurrentTimeZone |
| PAGEFILE | PAGEFILE GET AllocatedBaseSize,CurrentUsage,Name,PeakUsage |
| PAGEFILESET | PAGEFILESET WHERE Name=”C:\\pagefile.sys” SET InitialSize=5000 |
| PARTITION | PARTITION GET DeviceID,BootPartition,Size,StartingOffset,SystemName,Size |
| PORT | PORT GET CSName,Description,EndingAddress,StartingAddress |
| PORTCONNECTOR | PORTCONNECTOR GET PortType,InternalReferenceDesignator |
| PRINTER | PRINTER GET DeviceID,Location,ShareName,Status,SystemName |
| PRINTERCONFIG | PRINTERCONFIG GET Color,Name,PaperSize,PrintQuality,XResolution,YResolution |
| PRINTJOB | PRINTJOB GET Document,Name,Owner,PagesPrinted,Status |
| PROCESS | PROCESS WHERE NAME=”calc.exe” CALL Terminate |
| PROCESS | PROCESS WHERE “WorkingSetSize>’1000000’* GET Caption,CSName |
| PRODUCT | PRODUCT GET Name,Version,InstallDate |
| QFE | QFE GET CSName,Description,HotFixID,InstallDate,InstalledBy |
| QUOTASETTING | QUOTASETTING LIST |
| RDACCOUNT | RDACCOUNT GET AccountName,PermissionsAllowed,PermissionsDenied,SID |
| RDNIC | RDNIC GET NetWorkAdapterName,TerminalName |
| RDPERMISSIONS | RDPERMISSIONS LIST |
| RDTOGGLE | RDTOGGLE /NODE:”computer1” RDTOGGLE WHERE “AllowTSConnections=’1’” |
| RECOVEROS | RECOVEROS GET AutoReboot,DebugFilePath,KernelDumpOnly |
| REGISTRY | REGISTRY GET CurrentSize,MaxinumSize,Status /FORMAT:CSV |
| SCSICONTROLLER | SCSICONTROLLER GET DriverName,Manufacturer,Name,Status |
| SERVER | SERVER |
| SERVICE | SERVICE WHERE Caption=”Telephony” CALL ChangeStartMode “Manual” |
| SERVICE | SERVICE GET Name,DisplayName,ProcessID,Started,StartMode |
| SHARE | SHARE GET Description,Name,Path /FORMAT:CSV |
| SOFTWAREELEMENT | SOFTWAREELEMENT GET Description,InstallDate,Version |
| SOFTWAREFEATURE | SOFTWAREFEATURE GET Caption,Description,LastUse,Name |
| SOUNDDEV | SOUNDDEV GET Manufacturer,Name,Status,SystemName |
| STARTUP | STARTUP GET Command,Description,Location,User |
| SYSACCOUNT | SYSACCOUNT GET Domain,Name,SID |
| SYSDRIVER | SYSDRIVER WHERE StartMode!=’Disabled’ GET DisplayName,PathName,Status |
| SYSTEMENCLOSURE | SYSTEMENCLOSURE GET ChassisTypes,LockPresent,Manufacturer,SerialNumber |
| SYSTEMSLOT | SYSTEMSLOT GET ConnectorType,Shared,SlotDesignation,Status |
| TAPEDRIVE | TAPEDRIVE GET Compression,Description,Name,Status |
| TEMPERATURE | TEMPERATURE GET CurrentReading,Description,MaxReadable |
| TIMEZONE | TIMEZONE GET Bias,DaylightBias,StandardName |
| UPS | UPS GET FirstMessageDelay,LowBatterySignal,MessageInterval |
| USERACCOUNT | USERACCOUNT WHERE “Name=’username’ AND Domain=’domain’” |
| VOLTAGE | VOLTAGE GET Accuracy,CurrentReading,Description,MaxReadAble |
| VOLUMEQUOTASETTING | VOLUMEQUOTASETTING LIST |
| WMISET | WMISET GET BuildVersion,LoggingDirectory,LoggingLevel,MaxLogFileSize |