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Re: Ways to get a Computers "ID"

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May 16th, 2009

I have found a link:
http://www.codeguru.com/forum/showthread.php?t=249788

I think I will go for checking the BIOS SerialNumber. In the link it seems to fail when doing this on Windows 98 or earlier but if a fail meens an emty string like: "" that will work for my purpose.

They refer to get the BIOS Serial like below but when gooling on that, I am not sure if I can find anything helpful of how to return this serial number.
I use VC++ 2008 Express Edition

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GetBIOSSerial(); //Is this a call,  I cant find out if any namespace goes with this
GetBIOSSerial(); //Is this a call,  I cant find out if any namespace goes with this

Last edited by Liszt; May 16th, 2009 at 11:12 am.

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Re: Ways to get a Computers "ID"

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May 16th, 2009

I have come up with a code that look like this that is supposed to return the motherboard serialnumber.
The number that is returned is: "123456789000"

I wonder if that really could be correct or perheps do I miss something in the code. I am looking for a unique serial number ?

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ManagementObjectSearcher ^searcher;  
ManagementObjectCollection::ManagementObjectEnumerator ^queryEnum;  
ManagementBaseObject ^objMgmt;  
 
searcher = gcnew ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Baseboard");  
 
ManagementObjectCollection ^queryCollection = searcher->Get();            
 
queryEnum = queryCollection->GetEnumerator();  
 
while(queryEnum->MoveNext())
{  
    objMgmt = queryEnum->Current;  
    MessageBox::Show(Convert::ToString(objMgmt->GetPropertyValue("SerialNumber")));  
}
ManagementObjectSearcher ^searcher;  
ManagementObjectCollection::ManagementObjectEnumerator ^queryEnum;  
ManagementBaseObject ^objMgmt;  
  
searcher = gcnew ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Baseboard");  
  
ManagementObjectCollection ^queryCollection = searcher->Get();            
              
queryEnum = queryCollection->GetEnumerator();  
  
while(queryEnum->MoveNext())
{  
    objMgmt = queryEnum->Current;  
    MessageBox::Show(Convert::ToString(objMgmt->GetPropertyValue("SerialNumber")));  
}

Last edited by Liszt; May 16th, 2009 at 3:04 pm.

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Re: Ways to get a Computers "ID"

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May 16th, 2009

If you post the complete program (or some test code) then we can test it on our computers to see what it returns.

Don't PM me with questions -- you might get a nasty PM in response. If you have a question then post it in one of the forums.

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Re: Ways to get a Computers "ID"

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May 16th, 2009

Yes, that would be more than nice.
I think this would be the complete testcode if I dont miss anything out.

I think this would be the complete testcode and see what this MessageBox returns.
You would have to add the reference System::Management in "Add New Reference"

using namespace System::Management;

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ManagementObjectSearcher ^searcher;  
ManagementObjectCollection::ManagementObjectEnumerator ^queryEnum;  
ManagementBaseObject ^objMgmt;  
 
searcher = gcnew ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Baseboard");  
 
ManagementObjectCollection ^queryCollection = searcher->Get();            
 
queryEnum = queryCollection->GetEnumerator();  
 
while(queryEnum->MoveNext())
{  
    objMgmt = queryEnum->Current;  
    MessageBox::Show(Convert::ToString(objMgmt->GetPropertyValue("SerialNumber")));  
}
ManagementObjectSearcher ^searcher;  
ManagementObjectCollection::ManagementObjectEnumerator ^queryEnum;  
ManagementBaseObject ^objMgmt;  
  
searcher = gcnew ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Baseboard");  
  
ManagementObjectCollection ^queryCollection = searcher->Get();            
              
queryEnum = queryCollection->GetEnumerator();  
  
while(queryEnum->MoveNext())
{  
    objMgmt = queryEnum->Current;  
    MessageBox::Show(Convert::ToString(objMgmt->GetPropertyValue("SerialNumber")));  
}

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Originally Posted by Ancient Dragon

If you post the complete program (or some test code) then we can test it on our computers to see what it returns.

Last edited by Liszt; May 16th, 2009 at 3:44 pm.

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Re: Ways to get a Computers "ID"

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May 16th, 2009

The part I replace most often: is the motherboard(usually in conjunction with PSU). Those thing short out all the time, and now I have piles of them!

So be wary about how you use that. The only reason I can find, to use it is to block suspected bots off something like a MMORPG for a few hours, till the lag drops.

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Re: Ways to get a Computers "ID"

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May 16th, 2009

This is true, I am checking for possibilities and in the end, I will be that careful to see what can be possible or it wont be, how to define things etc...