Tag: WMIC

Unable to install SQL Server 2019 – SQL Install Error: The MOF compiler could not connect with the WMI server

Mikhail | December 5, 2021

The other day I was doing K2 5.5 installation on top of Windows Server 2019 and somehow that install beat all the records in terms of weird issues I run into, and even after re-provisioning server and starting from scratch I had to do resolve quite a few of them. One of those errors (not … Unable to install SQL Server 2019 – SQL Install Error: The MOF compiler could not connect with the WMI server

How to: list disks in Windows CMD

Mikhail | May 2, 2016

I guess everybody know their way with DIR command to list folder/drives content but what if you need to figure out which drives are available? I recently did a Windows Server 2012 core installation in native VHD boot scenario and it lead me to asking question above when trying to attach my VHDX file from … How to: list disks in Windows CMD

Checking for Windows update presence via command line

Mikhail | December 14, 2015

Just a quick note on how to check if some specific Windows update is installed on the system via command prompt. I thought I already took a note of this, but was not able to find existing post on this. While investigating an issue or doing troubleshooting something more often than not you may need … Checking for Windows update presence via command line

How to: get SID for particular domain user

Mikhail | January 13, 2014

In order to get SID for particular domain user following command can be used:\n wmic useraccount where (name=’USER_NAME’ and domain=’DOMAIN_NAME’) get sid