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Windows wmic useful commands

Spot Odd Executables - wmic PROCESS WHERE "NOT ExecutablePath LIKE '%Windows%'" GET ExecutablePath
Look at services that are set to start automatically - wmic SERVICE WHERE StartMode="Auto" GET Name, State
Find user-created shares (usually not hidden) - wmic SHARE WHERE "NOT Name LIKE '%$'" GET Name, Path
Find stuff that starts on boot - wmic STARTUP GET Caption, Command, User
Identify any local system accounts that are enabled (guest, etc.) - wmic USERACCOUNT WHERE "Disabled=0 AND LocalAccount=1" GET Name"
Change Start Mode of Service - wmic service where (name like "Fax" OR name like "Alerter") CALL ChangeStartMode Disabled
Number of Logons Per USERID - wmic netlogin where (name like "%skodo") get numberoflogons
Obtain a Certain Kind of Event from Eventlog - wmic ntevent where (message like "%logon%") list brief
Clear the Eventlog (Security example) - wmic nteventlog where (description like "%secevent%") call cleareventlog
Get Mac Address - wmic nic get macaddress
Reboot or Shutdown - wmic os where buildnumber="2600" call reboot
Update static IP address - wmic nicconfig where index=9 call enablestatic("192.168.16.4"), ("255.255.255.0")
Change network gateway - wmic nicconfig where index=9 call setgateways("192.168.16.4", "192.168.16.5"),(1,2)
Enable DHCP - wmic nicconfig where index=9 call enabledhcp
Service Management - wmic service where caption="DHCP Client" call changestartmode "Disabled"
Start an Application - wmic process call create "calc.exe"
Terminate an Application - wmic process where name="calc.exe" call terminate
Change Process Priority - wmic process where name="explorer.exe" call setpriority 64
Get List of Process Identifiers - wmic process where (Name='svchost.exe') get name,processid
Information About Harddrives - wmic logicaldisk where drivetype=3 get name, freespace, systemname, filesystem, size, volumeserialnumber
Information about os - wmic os get bootdevice, buildnumber, caption, freespaceinpagingfiles, installdate, name, systemdrive, windowsdirectory /format:htable > c:osinfo.htm
Information about files - wmic path cim_datafile where "Path='windowssystem32wbem' and FileSize>1784088" > c:wbemfiles.txt
Process list - wmic process get /format:htable > c:process.htm
Retrieve list of warning and error events not from system or security logs - WMIC NTEVENT WHERE "EventType<3 AND LogFile != 'System' AND LogFile != 'Security'" GET LogFile, SourceName, EventType, Message, TimeGenerated /FORMAT:"htable.xsl":" datatype = number":" sortby = EventType" > c:appevent.htm
Total Hard Drive Space Check - wmic LOGICALDISK LIST BRIEF
Get Running Services Information - Wmic service where (state=โ€runningโ€) get caption, name, startmode, state
Get Startmode of Services - Wmic service get caption, name, startmode, state
Get Domain Names And When Account PWD set to Expire - WMIC UserAccount GET name,PasswordExpires /Value
Get Hotfix and Security Patch Information - WMIC QFE GET /format:CSV >QFE.CSV
Get Startup List - wmic startup list full
Find a specific Process - wmic process list brief - find "cmd.exe"
Get List of IP Interfaces - wmic nicconfig where IPEnabled='true'
Change IP Address - wmic nicconfig where Index=1 call EnableStatic ("10.10.10.10"), ("255.255.255.0")
OS/System Report HTML Formatted - wmic /output:c:os.html os get /format:hform
Products/Programs Installed Report HTML Formatted - wmic /output:c:product.html product get /format:hform
Services Report on a Remote Machine HTML Formatted - wmic /output:c:services.htm /node:server1 service list full / format:htable
Turn on Remoted Desktop Remotely! - Wmic /node:"servername" /user:"user@domain" /password: "password"
RDToggle where ServerName="server name" call SetAllowTSConnections 1
Get Server Drive Space Usage Remotely - WMIC /Node:%%A LogicalDisk Where DriveType="3" Get DeviceID,FileSystem,FreeSpace,Size /Format:csv MORE /E +2 >> SRVSPACE.CSV
Get PC Serial Number - wmic /node:โ€HOSTโ€ bios get serialnumber
Get PC Product Number - wmic /node:โ€HOSTโ€ baseboard get product
Get Services for Remote Machine in HTML Format - wmic /output:c:services.htm /node:server1 service list full / format:htable