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The WMI extensions to WDM provide kernel-level instrumentation such as publishing information, configuring device settings, supplying event notification from device drivers, and allowing administrators to set data security through a WMI provider known as the WDM provider.
WMI plug-in. Allows WMI data to be made available to WinRM clients. [2] WMI service. Leverages the WMI plug-in to provide requested data or control and can also be used to acquire data from most WMI classes. Examples include the Win32_Process, in addition to any IPMI-supplied data.
Windows Management Instrumentation Console (WMIC): WMIC is a command-line tool designed to ease WMI information retrieval about a system by using simple keywords (aliases). The ability to switch hard disk storage type from Basic to Dynamic and vice versa.
CPUID must be issued with each parameter in sequence to get the entire 48-byte ASCII processor brand string. [154] It is necessary to check whether the feature is present in the CPU by issuing CPUID with EAX = 80000000h first and checking if the returned value is not less than 80000004h.
These tools are not installed with the Windows operating system and have to be separately installed. They are located on the Windows Installation CD, Support folder, Tools subfolder. [1]
Version 1 of the Desktop Management BIOS (DMIBIOS) specification was produced by Phoenix Technologies in or before 1996. [5] [6]Version 2.0 of the Desktop Management BIOS specification was released on March 6, 1996 by American Megatrends (AMI), Award Software, Dell, Intel, Phoenix Technologies, and SystemSoft Corporation.
COMMAND.COM is the default command-line interpreter for MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows Me.In the case of DOS, it is the default user interface as well. [2] It has an additional role as the usual first program run after boot (init process), hence being responsible for setting up the system by running the AUTOEXEC.BAT configuration file, and being the ancestor of all processes.
At the command prompt, this can be done using the wmic command: C:\> wmic os get lastbootuptime LastBootUpTime 20110508161751.822066+060 The timestamp uses the format yyyymmddhhmmss.nnn , so in the above example, the computer last booted up on 8 May 2011 at 16:17:51.822.