Using an alias means that you don??™t have to worry
about the physical structure of WMI??”you can access the information you need quickly and easily
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(or at least easier than if you also had to worry about the path to a particular WMI element). The
following list tells you about the aliases that WMIC supports.
Alias Provides access to a list of all of the aliases available on the local system.
Baseboard Provides access to features on the motherboard (system board). For example, if
you type WMIC Baseboard GET Manufacturer and press Enter, you??™ll see the name of the manufacturer
of your motherboard.
BIOS Provides access to the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) management features. For
example, if you type WMIC BIOS GET BIOSVersion and press Enter, you??™ll see the version of the
BIOS installed in the system. This isn??™t the same as the firmware update. To obtain the firmware
version, type WMIC BIOS GET SMBIOSBIOSVersion and press Enter.
BootConfig Provides access to boot configuration information. Microsoft may not support
this feature with Server Core??”always use the BCDEdit utility instead for making changes to the
boot configuration.
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