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this topic System Management Gathering WMI Data without Writing
a Single Line of Code John Kelbley At a Glance:   • Data
available to WMI   • Simple command-line data collection in WMIC
• Formatting the output Download the code for this article:
WMIC2006_09.exe (151KB)  can be intimidating, but leveraging the
relatively unknown command-line interface of WMI, called WMIC,
makes it easier. What is WMIC, and why do I like it so much?
Read on. WMI is the Microsoft implementation of an industry-wide
initiative called Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM), which
defines standards for accessing and managing systems in an
enterprise environment. WMI gives you control over many
components of your systems, from the hardware all the way up to
installed applications. You can use it to access event logs,
operating system attributes, processes, installed applications,
and much more. When you want to know the MAC address of a
network card, the size of insta