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Report: A Beginner's Guide to WMIC

Executive Summary

WMIC is the command-line interface for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). It allows administrators to manage almost every aspect of a Windows computer—from checking CPU specs to uninstalling software—directly from the command prompt.

wmic MyClass get *  // retrieve all data from MyClass
wmic MyClass put MyProperty1="new value"  // update MyProperty1 in MyClass
wmic MyClass create MyProperty1="value1",MyProperty2=123  // create a new instance of MyClass
wmic MyClass delete  // delete an instance of MyClass

3. Get Memory (RAM)

• Old: wmic memorychip get capacity, speed
• New:

  Get-CimInstance Win32_PhysicalMemory | Measure-Object -Property Capacity -Sum | Select-Object Sum
  

  (Note: This shows total bytes. Divide by 1GB to get GB).

• Create a new process: