PowerShell cmdlets, Computeractive, Issue 744

1. PC serial number
WMIC: wmic bios get serialnumber
CMDLET: (Get-CimInstance Win32_BIOS).SerialNumber

2. PC make and model
WMIC: wmic computersystem get manufacturer,model
CMDLET: Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystem | Select Manufacturer,Model

3. Processor name
WMIC: wmic cpu get name
CMDLET: (Get-CimInstance Win32_Processor).Name

4. Total installed RAM
WMIC: wmic computersystem get totalphysicalmemory
CMDLET: (Get-CimInstance Win32_PhysicalMemory | Measure-Object -Property Capacity -Sum).Sum

5. Individual RAM modules
WMIC: wmic memorychip get capacity
CMDLET: (Get-CimInstance Win32_PhysicalMemory).Capacity

6. Windows version
WMIC: wmic os get caption,version
CMDLET: Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem | Select Caption,Version

7. BIOS version
WMIC: wmic bios get smbiosbiosversion
CMDLET: (Get-CimInstance Win32_BIOS).SMBIOSBIOSVersion

8. Physical drives
WMIC: wmic diskdrive get model,size
CMDLET: Get-CimInstance Win32_DiskDrive | Select Model,Size

9. Motherboard
WMIC: wmic baseboard get manufacturer,product
CMDLET: Get-CimInstance Win32_BaseBoard | Select Manufacturer,Product

10. MAC addresses
WMIC: wmic nic get macaddress
CMDLET: Get-CimInstance Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration | Where MACAddress | Select Description,MACAddress