Reader Scott points us toward the lesser-known but very handy Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool. It's a scripting interface that "simplifies the use of Windows Management ...

Once the offer is accepted, helpdesk can then take control of the user’s computer and run WMIC commands on it to troubleshoot the issue. If the users’ computer is managed but running Vista however, ...

We recently observed malware authors using a combination of a tool found on all Windows computers and a usually innocuous file type associated with modifying and rendering XML documents. While these ...

A SID or a Security Identifier is a unique code that helps identify any user or group and computer accounts across Windows Operating Systems. They are created as soon as a user account is created and ...

Last time I showed you how to get WMI information about hard drive utilization without writing a single line of VBScript. If you don’t have PowerShell but are running XP or 2003 (no, I haven’t tried ...

A lot of users face issues with SSCM Client and other applications such as Battle.Net and when they check winmgmt.msc, they see the following error message. Failed to ...

Before Windows was created, the most common operating system that ran on IBM PC compatibles was DOS. DOS stands for Disk Operating System and was what you would use if you had started your computer ...

Wow, adopting features from X11 xterm circa 1984! It's about freaking time! It does fix many of my pain points in the terminal itself. But still not good enough. Probably sticks you with a poor ...

Researchers have uncovered a new attack chain which exploits little-known Microsoft Windows utilities and innocuous software to fly under the radar in the quest to steal data. According to Symantec, ...

Microsoft is moving forward with removing the Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line (WMIC) tool, wmic.exe, starting with the latest Windows 11 preview builds in the Dev channel.