Useful WMIC command in Windows

The WMI command-line (WMIC) utility is deprecated as of Windows 10, version 21H1, and as of the 21H1 semi-annual channel release of Windows Server. This utility is superseded by Windows PowerShell for WMI.

Useful wmic command examples in Windows

Example 1: How to Display the State of all the Global Switches in Windows

If you want to check the state of all global switches in windows then you need to use wmic context command as shown below.

Example 2: How to Get Your System Serial Number

If you want to check your system serial number then you need to use wmic bios get serialnumber command as shown below.

Example 3: How to Check HotFixID of all the Installed Updates in Windows

If you want to check the HotfixID of all the installed updates in windows then you need to use wmic qfe list command as shown below.

**Note: Please note that it is possible that some of the updates will show in "View Installed Updates" section but not on wmic qfe list output.

Example 4: How to Get the List of all Installed Applications in Windows

If you want get the list of all the installed applications in your Windows system then you need to use wmic product get name command as shown below.

Example 5: How to Count the number of Installed Updates in Windows

If you want to get the total count of installed updates in windows then you need to use wmic qfe list | find /c /v "" command as shown below.

Example 6: How to Get the Total Number of CPU Cores in Windows

If you want to check the total number of CPU Cores in your system then you need to use wmic cpu get numberofcores command as shown below. As you can see my system has 4 CPU Cores.

Example 7: How to find the Process Id of a running program in Windows

If you are looking to check the process Id of a running program then you need to use wmic process where ExecutablePath='<process_executable_path>' get Process Id syntax. In this example we are checking the Process Id of notepad.exe using wmic process where ExecutablePath='C:\\windows\\system32\\notepad.exe' get Process Id command as shown below.

Example 8: How to Get the System Bios Version using wmic command

If you want to check the System Bios Version then you need to use wmic bios get version command as shown below.

Example 9: How to Get All the Users logged in to a Remote System

If you are looking to check all the logged in to users in a remote system then you can use below wmic command. In this example we are checking all currently logged in users in 192.168.27.103 system by using wmic /node:192.168.27.103 /user:admin /password:pass123 computersystem get username command as shown below.

**Note: Please note that here I am using remote server administrator account admin and password pass123 for querying the number of logged in users.

Example 15: How to Get all the Information about System CPU

If you want to check all the information about System CPU then you can use wmic CPU Get DeviceID,NumberOfCores,NumberOfLogicalProcessors command as shown below.

Example 16: How to Get the Windows OS version using wmic command

If you want to check the Windows OS version then you need to use wmic os get version command as shown below.