wmisvc.dll
WMI by Microsoft
This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
Overview
wmisvc.dll has 30 known versions, the most recent one is 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). The average file size is about 163.3 KB.
What is wmisvc.dll?
WMI provides a uniform interface for any local or remote applications or scripts that obtain management data from a computer system, a network, or an enterprise. The uniform interface is designed such that WMI client applications and scripts do not have to call a wide variety of operating system application programming interfaces (APIs). Many APIs cannot be called by automation clients like scripts or Visual Basic applications. Other APIs do not make calls to remote computers.
About wmisvc.dll (from Microsoft)
“Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is the infrastructure for management data and operations on Windows-based operating systems. You can write WMI scripts or applications to automate administrati”
 Details
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| File name: | wmisvc.dll |
| Publisher: | Microsoft Corporation |
| Product name: | WMI |
| Description: | Microsoft® Windows® Operating System |
| Typical file path: | C:\Windows\System32\wbem\wmisvc.dll |
Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of wmisvc.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Hosted services
Runs as a shared service under the Windows svcHost
- Shared name is 'winmgmt'
- Shared name is 'winmgmt'
- Shared name is 'winmgmt'
- Shared name is 'winmgmt'
- Shared name is 'winmgmt'
- Shared name is 'winmgmt'
- Shared name is 'winmgmt'
- Shared name is 'winmgmt'
- Shared name is 'winmgmt'
All file variations of wmisvc.dll
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
32.75% |
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| Windows 8 |
13.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro |
10.50% |
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| Windows Vista Home Premium |
10.00% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
9.25% |
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| Windows 8.1 Pro |
4.75% |
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| Windows 8 Pro with Media Center |
3.00% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
2.75% |
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| Windows Vista Home Basic |
2.25% |
|
| Windows 8 Single Language |
2.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Single Language |
1.25% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
1.25% |
|
| Windows 8 Enterprise |
1.00% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center |
0.75% |
|
| Windows 8.1 Pro Preview |
0.75% |
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| Windows Vista Ultimate |
0.75% |
|
| Windows Vista Business |
0.75% |
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| Windows 8 Enterprise N |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8.1 Enterprise |
0.50% |
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| Windows Developer Preview |
0.50% |
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| Windows 8 Pro N |
0.50% |
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| 24 other Windows OS version |
Distribution by country
United States installs about 48.97% of WMI.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Dell |
24.81% |
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| Hewlett-Packard |
14.10% |
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| Toshiba |
12.03% |
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| ASUS |
9.77% |
|
| Acer |
8.08% |
|
| Intel |
6.39% |
|
| Lenovo |
6.02% |
|
| Sony |
6.02% |
|
| American Megatrends |
3.01% |
|
| GIGABYTE |
2.63% |
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| Compaq |
2.26% |
|
| Gateway |
1.50% |
|
| Sahara |
0.94% |
|
| Samsung |
0.75% |
|
| Alienware |
0.75% |
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| Medion |
0.38% |
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| MSI |
0.38% |
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| Packard Bell |
0.19% |
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