WMIC Cheat Sheet

WMIC, is a command-line tool used to interact with WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation). It allows users to manage and gather information about Windows computers using a command-line interface.

This article provides a brief cheat sheet to some of the most command wmic sub-commands.

System Details

System Information

wmic bios get Manufacturer,Name,Version

Windows Version/Serial

wmic os list brief

Disk Information

wmic diskdrive get model,name,freespace,size
wmic logicaldisk get name

Installed Programs

wmic product list brief

Updates (missing patches)

wmic qfe list

Printer Information

wmic printer list status
wmci printerconfig list

Startup programs

wmic startup list full

For interactive mode just run

wmic

from within wmic, type "exit" to terminate.

Start / Stop process

wmic process call create "notepad.exe"
wmic process where name="notepad.exe" call terminate

Process Management

List running processes

wmic process list
wmic process list brief
wmic process list brief find "notepad.exe"
wmic process list full

Change process priority

wmic process where name="notepad.exe" call setpriority 64

Check environment variables

wmic environment list

User Management

wmic group list brief
wmic useraccount list
wmic sysaccount list

Remote Access

Run any command remote. For example:

wmic /node:<ip> /user:<user> /password:<password> os list brief

Enable RDP

wmic /node:<ip> /user:<user> /password:<password> RDToggle where ServerName=<server name> call SetAllowTSConnections 1