Wmic.exe is a tool to access Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) from the command line. Learn how to use it, what it can do, and where to find more information about WMI.

To create a share on a remote computer by using WMIC: At a command prompt, type wmic, and then press ENTER. Type /node: computer name where computer name is the name of the target computer.

Wmic.exe is a tool to access Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) from the command line. Learn how to use it, what it can do, and where to find more information about WMI.

To create a share on a remote computer by using WMIC: At a command prompt, type wmic, and then press ENTER. Type /node: computer name where computer name is the name of the target computer.

Fixes an issue in which the memory usage for a Svchost.exe process that has the WMI service keeps increasing when you run some WMI queries on a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 or Windows 7.

In this situation, you notice that the memory usage of Wmiprvse.exe keeps increasing by using Task Manager. Resolution To resolve this issue in Windows 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2, install update rollup 2975719.

This article describes an issue when you run the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) query in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows Server 2012. You can fix this issue by using the update or hotfix in this article.

Windows 10. Type info in the search box on your taskbar, and then select System Information. View your system info.

When applications query the Win32_QuickFixEngineering Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class, wmiprvse.exe process leaks memory. If too much memory is leaked because of this, WMI queries may start to fail, and applications that use WMI queries, such as Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, may not function correctly.

Workaround. To work around this problem, use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) instead of the Virtual Memory user interface to set page files. To create a page file, run the following command: