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Reading BIOS Version

Is there something out there in the namespaces to read machine level setting
such as the BIOS name and version?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Nov 15 '05 #1
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Hi Greg,

About Microsoft.DirectX.Diagnostics namespace, you can refer to:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...us/directx9_m/
directx/ref/ns/microsoft.directx.diagnostics.asp
to get more information

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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