Wbem on Windows Cmd Help

winmgmt

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 23:48:10 +0000

WMI Service Control Utility

winmgmt

C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WinMgmt.exe /?

Output:


Windows Management Instrumentation

Usage: winmgmt [/backup <filename>] [/restore <filename> <flag>]
 [/resyncperf] [/standalonehost [<level>]] [/sharedhost]
 [/verifyrepository [<path>]] [/salvagerepository]
 [/resetrepository]

/backup <filename>
 Causes WMI to back up the repository to the specified file name. The
 filename argument should contain the full path to the file location.
 This process requires a write lock on the repository so that write
 operations to the repository are suspended until the backup process is
 completed.

/restore <filename> <flag>
 Manually restores the WMI repository from the specified backup file.
 The filename argument should contain the full path to the backup file
 location. To perform the restore operation, WMI saves the existing
 repository to write back if the operation fails. Then the repository is
 restored from the backup file that is specified in the filename
 argument. If exclusive access to the repository cannot be achieved,
 existing clients are disconnected from WMI. The flag argument must be a
 1 (force - disconnect users and restore) or 0 (default - restore if no
 users connected) and specifies the restore mode.

/resyncperf
 Registers the system performance libraries with WMI.

/standalonehost [<level>]
 Moves the Winmgmt service to a standalone Svchost process that has a
 fixed DCOM endpoint. The default endpoint is "ncacn_ip_tcp.0.24158".
 However, the endpoint may be changed by running Dcomcnfg.exe. The level
 argument is the authentication level for the Svchost process. If level
 is not specified, the default is 4 (RPC_C_AUTHN_LEVEL_PKT).

/sharedhost
 Moves the Winmgmt service into the shared Svchost process.

/verifyrepository [<path>]
 Performs a consistency check on the WMI repository. When you add the
 /verifyrepository switch without the <path> argument, then the live
 repository currently used by WMI is verified. When you specify the path
 argument, you can verify any saved copy of the repository. In this
 case, the path argument should contain the full path to the saved
 repository copy. The saved repository should be a copy of the entire
 repository folder.

/salvagerepository
 Performs a consistency check on the WMI repository, and if an
 inconsistency is detected, rebuilds the repository. The content of the
 inconsistent repository is merged into the rebuilt repository, if it
 can be read. The salvage operation always works with the repository
 that the WMI service is currently using. MOF files that contain the
 #pragma autorecover preprocessor statement are restored to the
 repository.

/resetrepository
 The repository is reset to the initial state when the operating system
 is first installed. MOF files that contain the #pragma autorecover
 preprocessor statement are restored to the repository.

Return Code: 0

wmic

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 23:47:20 +0000

WMI Commandline Utility

wmic

C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\WMIC.exe /?

Output:


WMIC is deprecated.

[global switches] <command>

The following global switches are available:
/NAMESPACE Path for the namespace the alias operate against.
/ROLE Path for the role containing the alias definitions.
/NODE Servers the alias will operate against.
/IMPLEVEL Client impersonation level.
/AUTHLEVEL Client authentication level.
/LOCALE Language id the client should use.
/PRIVILEGES Enable or disable all privileges.
/TRACE Outputs debugging information to stderr.
/RECORD Logs all input commands and output.
/INTERACTIVE Sets or resets the interactive mode.
/FAILFAST Sets or resets the FailFast mode.
/USER User to be used during the session.
/PASSWORD Password to be used for session login.
/OUTPUT Specifies the mode for output redirection.
/APPEND Specifies the mode for output redirection.
/AGGREGATE Sets or resets aggregate mode.
/AUTHORITY Specifies the <authority type> for the connection.
/?[:<BRIEF|FULL>] Usage information.

For more information on a specific global switch, type: switch-name /?


The following alias/es are available in the current role:
ALIAS - Access to the aliases available on the local system
BASEBOARD - Base board (also known as a motherboard or system board) management.
BIOS - Basic input/output services (BIOS) management.
BOOTCONFIG - Boot configuration management.
CDROM - CD-ROM management.
COMPUTERSYSTEM - Computer system management.
CPU - CPU management.
CSPRODUCT - Computer system product information from SMBIOS.
DATAFILE - DataFile Management.
DCOMAPP - DCOM Application management.
DESKTOP - User's Desktop management.
DESKTOPMONITOR - Desktop Monitor management.
DEVICEMEMORYADDRESS - Device memory addresses management.
DISKDRIVE - Physical disk drive management.
DISKQUOTA - Disk space usage for NTFS volumes.
DMACHANNEL - Direct memory access (DMA) channel management.
ENVIRONMENT - System environment settings management.
FSDIR - Filesystem directory entry management.
GROUP - Group account management.
IDECONTROLLER - IDE Controller management.
IRQ - Interrupt request line (IRQ) management.
JOB - Provides access to the jobs scheduled using the schedule service.
LOADORDER - Management of system services that define execution dependencies.
LOGICALDISK - Local storage device management.
LOGON - LOGON Sessions.
MEMCACHE - Cache memory management.
MEMORYCHIP - Memory chip information.
MEMPHYSICAL - Computer system's physical memory management.
NETCLIENT - Network Client management.
NETLOGIN - Network login information (of a particular user) management.
NETPROTOCOL - Protocols (and their network characteristics) management.
NETUSE - Active network connection management.
NIC - Network Interface Controller (NIC) management.
NICCONFIG - Network adapter management.
NTDOMAIN - NT Domain management.
NTEVENT - Entries in the NT Event Log.
NTEVENTLOG - NT eventlog file management.
ONBOARDDEVICE - Management of common adapter devices built into the motherboard (system board).
OS - Installed Operating System/s management.
PAGEFILE - Virtual memory file swapping management.
PAGEFILESET - Page file settings management.
PARTITION - Management of partitioned areas of a physical disk.
PORT - I/O port management.
PORTCONNECTOR - Physical connection ports management.
PRINTER - Printer device management.
PRINTERCONFIG - Printer device configuration management.
PRINTJOB - Print job management.
PROCESS - Process management.
PRODUCT - Installation package task management.
QFE - Quick Fix Engineering.
QUOTASETTING - Setting information for disk quotas on a volume.
RDACCOUNT - Remote Desktop connection permission management.
RDNIC - Remote Desktop connection management on a specific network adapter.
RDPERMISSIONS - Permissions to a specific Remote Desktop connection.
RDTOGGLE - Turning Remote Desktop listener on or off remotely.
RECOVEROS - Information that will be gathered from memory when the operating system fails.
REGISTRY - Computer system registry management.
SCSICONTROLLER - SCSI Controller management.
SERVER - Server information management.
SERVICE - Service application management.
SHADOWCOPY - Shadow copy management.
SHADOWSTORAGE - Shadow copy storage area management.
SHARE - Shared resource management.
SOFTWAREELEMENT - Management of the elements of a software product installed on a system.
SOFTWAREFEATURE - Management of software product subsets of SoftwareElement.
SOUNDDEV - Sound Device management.
STARTUP - Management of commands that run automatically when users log onto the computer system.
SYSACCOUNT - System account management.
SYSDRIVER - Management of the system driver for a base service.
SYSTEMENCLOSURE - Physical system enclosure management.
SYSTEMSLOT - Management of physical connection points including ports, slots and peripherals, and proprietary connections points.
TAPEDRIVE - Tape drive management.
TEMPERATURE - Data management of a temperature sensor (electronic thermometer).
TIMEZONE - Time zone data management.
UPS - Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) management.
USERACCOUNT - User account management.
VOLTAGE - Voltage sensor (electronic voltmeter) data management.
VOLUME - Local storage volume management.
VOLUMEQUOTASETTING - Associates the disk quota setting with a specific disk volume.
VOLUMEUSERQUOTA - Per user storage volume quota management.
WMISET - WMI service operational parameters management.

For more information on a specific alias, type: alias /?

CLASS - Escapes to full WMI schema.
PATH - Escapes to full WMI object paths.
CONTEXT - Displays the state of all the global switches.
QUIT/EXIT - Exits the program.

For more information on CLASS/PATH/CONTEXT, type: (CLASS | PATH | CONTEXT) /?

Return Code: 0

mofcomp

Thu, 07 Jul 2022 23:47:17 +0000

The Managed Object Format (MOF) Compiler

mofcomp

C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\mofcomp.exe /?

Output:

Microsoft (R) MOF Compiler Version 10.0.19041.1
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp. 1997-2006. All rights reserved.

usage: mofcomp [-check] [-N:<Path>]
 [-class:updateonly|-class:createonly]
 [-instance:updateonly|-instance:createonly]
 [-B:<filename>] [-P:<Password>] [-U:<UserName>]
 [-A:<Authority>] [-WMI] [-AUTORECOVER]
 [-MOF:<path>] [-MFL:<path>] [-AMENDMENT:<Locale>]
 [-ER:<ResourceName>] [-L:<ResourceLocale>]
 <MOF filename>

 -check Syntax check only
 -N:<path> Load into this namespace by default
 -class:updateonly Do not create new classes
 -class:safeupdate Update unless conflicts exist
 -class:forceupdate Update resolving conflicts if possible
 -class:createonly Do not change existing classes
 -instance:updateonly Do not create new instances
 -instance:createonly Do not change existing instances
 -U:<UserName> User Name
 -P:<Password> Login password
 -A:<Authority> Example: NTLMDOMAIN:Domain
 -B:<destination filename> Creates a binary MOF file, does not add to DB
 -WMI Do Windows Driver Model (WDM) checks, requires -B switch
 -AUTORECOVER Adds MOF to list of files compiled during DB recovery
 -Amendment:<LOCALE> splits MOF into language neutral and specific versions
 where locale is of the form "MS_4??"
 -MOF:<path> name of the language neutral output
 -MFL:<path> name of the language specific output
 -ER:<ResourceName> extracts binary mof from named resource
 -L:<ResourceLocale> optional specific locale number when using -ER switch

 Example c:>mofcomp -N:root\default yourmof.mof

Return Code: 1

scrcons

Sat, 07 Dec 2019 09:08:19 +0000

WMI Standard Event Consumer - scripting

scrcons

C:\Windows\System32\Wbem\scrcons.exe /?

Output:

Cannot run standalone

Return Code: 0