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Using WMI
Cmdlet for using WMI via PowerShell is Get-WMIObject, which has an alias of gwmi, for example...
PS H:\> Get-WMIObject -query "Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem" SystemDirectory : C:\WINDOWS\system32 Organization : BuildNumber : 2600 RegisteredUser : TF SerialNumber : 76487-OEM-0011903-00102 Version : 5.1.2600
PS H:\> Get-WMIObject -query "SELECT * FROM Win32_UTCTime"
__GENUS : 2
__CLASS : Win32_UTCTime
__SUPERCLASS : Win32_CurrentTime
__DYNASTY : Win32_CurrentTime
__RELPATH : Win32_UTCTime=@
__PROPERTY_COUNT : 10
__DERIVATION : {Win32_CurrentTime}
__SERVER : L-0STRUTTS1
__NAMESPACE : root\cimv2
__PATH : \\L-0STRUTTS1\root\cimv2:Win32_UTCTime=@
Day : 27
DayOfWeek : 4
Hour : 10
Milliseconds :
Minute : 0
Month : 8
Quarter : 3
Second : 1
WeekInMonth : 5
Year : 2009
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