hey i have to make a program using win32 c++ and i need to get my hands on some information from the registry which i cannot find.
the problem is i need to find information about the graphic card the pc is using and this software has 2 be ported to different pcs so it can not be specified, hope you guys get what i mean and any help is much apperciated
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Jump to Postuse Regedit program and look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Hardware\\Devicemap\\Video
That's where its at on Vista.
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Ancient Dragon
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use Regedit program and look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Hardware\\Devicemap\\Video
That's where its at on Vista.
Superstar288
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hey i did look there but for some reason when i follow the path i cant seem to get the actual device description i just get some weird chars instead of the actual device name any ideas y??
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Is there a specific reason you need this from the registry? Graphics packages include this ability, as well as the ability to enumerate the different cards on a machine if there are multiple. It's much more specific info. DirectX does it, I believe that GDI+ has it, OpenGl, etc...
Thanx...
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