Fetching Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI entries) using cmd

Command Prompt is a command line interpreter interface which lets users’ perform a number of tasks with ease. The Command Prompt, officially called the Windows Command Processor and often abbreviated to CMD is a program that takes the user inputs in a text-based user interface screen with the Windows Graphical User Interface (GUI).

Opening command prompt

You can easily open the Command Prompt by clicking Start and then typing “cmd” into the search box or by pressing Windows + R to open “Run” box. Type “cmd” and then click “OK” to open a regular Command Prompt. Type “cmd” and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open an administrator Command Prompt.

Note – We will be using a lot of command starting with wmic. WMIC or Windows Management Instrumentation utility is basically used to query WMI entries in Microsoft Windows OS.

You can try the below given codes for experiencing the power of cmd.

Locate serial number of the computer

             wmic bios get serialnumber

Make and model of the computer

            wmic csproduct get vendor

Finding computer name and model

            wmic csproduct get name

Lookup device information

            wmic csproduct get identifying number

Combining different codes

            wmic csproduct get vendor,name,identifyingnumber

Displays current date

            date/t

Displays current time

            time/t

To view the WI-FI password

             netsh wlan show profile 
             netsh wlan show profile Wi-Fi name here key=clear

Check total number of CPU cores

            wmic cpu get numberofcores

Checking BIOS version

             wmic bios get version

Finding Windows OS version

             wmic os get version

Getting system sensor status

             wmic temperature get deviceid,name,status

Getting list of running processes

wmic process list

 Global switches status

wmic context

To check other available options

             wmic /?