Windows Versions

1. To find information about the operating system

Get-WmiObject

This cmdlet can be used to get instances of WMI classes or information about available WMI classes

2. To find the version and build number of our system

We can easily obtain this information using the win32_OperatingSystem class

Get-WmiObject -Class win32_OperatingSystem | select Version,BuildNumber

3. To get a process listing

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Process

4. To get a listing of services

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Service

5. To get BIOS information

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Bios