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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def get_windows_interfaces():
 """ Get Windows interfaces. :returns: list of windows interfaces """


    import win32com.client
    import pywintypes

    interfaces = []
    try:
        locator = win32com.client.Dispatch("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator")
        service = locator.ConnectServer(".", "root\cimv2")
        network_configs = service.InstancesOf("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration")
        # more info on Win32_NetworkAdapter: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394216%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
        for adapter in service.InstancesOf("Win32_NetworkAdapter"):
            if adapter.NetConnectionStatus == 2 or adapter.NetConnectionStatus == 7:
                # adapter is connected or media disconnected
                ip_address = ""
                netmask = ""
                for network_config in network_configs:
                    if network_config.InterfaceIndex == adapter.InterfaceIndex:
                        if network_config.IPAddress:
                            # get the first IPv4 address only
                            ip_address = network_config.IPAddress[0]
                            netmask = network_config.IPSubnet[0]
                        break
                npf_interface = "\\Device\\NPF_{guid}".format(guid=adapter.GUID)
                interfaces.append({"id": npf_interface,
                                   "name": adapter.NetConnectionID,
                                   "ip_address": ip_address,
                                   "mac_address": adapter.MACAddress,
                                   "netcard": adapter.name,
                                   "netmask": netmask,
                                   "type": "ethernet"})
    except (AttributeError, pywintypes.com_error):
        log.warn("Could not use the COM service to retrieve interface info, trying using the registry...")
        return _get_windows_interfaces_from_registry()

    return interfaces