Sometimes you need to run WMI queries on older Windows machines or in Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) environments. So with powershell its really easy, Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_WhatYouWant. So now you are stuck without Powershell, lets use the old WMIC command instead. WMIC has been available from Windows 2003. WMIC has alternative WMI names to “simplify” things. But you can with the use of the path command use real WMI class names. For instance wmic path win32_Operatingsystem get InstallDate will show you the date you installed your computer system.

These are of the ones I use from time to time.

wmic COMPUTERSYSTEM get model	Retrives the model of the computer hardware.
wmic COMPUTERSYSTEM get manufacturer	Retrives the system HW manufacturer.
wmic partition get BlockSize, StartingOffset, Name, Index	Information relating to disk HW
wmic volume get id, blocksize	Blocksize selected during formating
wmic csproduct get uuid	Shows your computers UUID
wmic OS get LastBootUpTime	System boot time
wmic OS get InstallDate	System install time
wmic product get name,version	Returns installad software and version (Add/remove programs)