Pulling Software Information using WMI

[esparkman]

Hey guys I am working on a application, that will pull our inventory
campus wide. I'm having troubles getting it to pull our software serial
numbers. It keeps throwing a Exception when it gets to that point.
Below is the code I am using. If someone could give me a few ideas. The
app is in Console form now to be translated to a Windows App at a
future date.

query1 = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Product");
queryCollection1 = query1.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in queryCollection1)
{
Console.WriteLine("Product : " +
mo["Name"].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Serial : " +
mo["ProductID"].ToString());
}

Thanks-
Evan Sparkman

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Evan,

Exactly which line is the exception being thrown on?
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"esparkman" <ev***********@gmail.comwrote in message
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Hey guys I am working on a application, that will pull our inventory
campus wide. I'm having troubles getting it to pull our software serial
numbers. It keeps throwing a Exception when it gets to that point.
Below is the code I am using. If someone could give me a few ideas. The
app is in Console form now to be translated to a Windows App at a
future date.

query1 = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Product");
queryCollection1 = query1.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in queryCollection1)
{
Console.WriteLine("Product : " +
mo["Name"].ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Serial : " +
mo["ProductID"].ToString());
}

Thanks-
Evan Sparkman

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

There is no such property as ["ProductID"] in Win32_Product, please refer to
the WMI docs for property details.

Willy.

"esparkman" <ev***********@gmail.comwrote in message
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| Hey guys I am working on a application, that will pull our inventory
| campus wide. I'm having troubles getting it to pull our software serial
| numbers. It keeps throwing a Exception when it gets to that point.
| Below is the code I am using. If someone could give me a few ideas. The
| app is in Console form now to be translated to a Windows App at a
| future date.
|
| query1 = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Product");
| queryCollection1 = query1.Get();
| foreach (ManagementObject mo in queryCollection1)
| {
| Console.WriteLine("Product : " +
| mo["Name"].ToString());
| Console.WriteLine("Serial : " +
| mo["ProductID"].ToString());
| }
|
| Thanks-
| Evan Sparkman
|

[esparkman]

Willy,

This is under the WMI Class Win32_Product:

ProductID
Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

The product ID.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000: This property is
not available.

Either way could you point me in the direction to retrieve the CD-KEY?
We are a College Campus located in KY, I am writing this so that it
will give us freedom and control of the assest management we use. As
well as give us a some form of inventory control.
Willy Denoyette [MVP] wrote:

There is no such property as ["ProductID"] in Win32_Product, please refer to
the WMI docs for property details.

Willy.

"esparkman" <ev***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11*********************@i42g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
| Hey guys I am working on a application, that will pull our inventory
| campus wide. I'm having troubles getting it to pull our software serial
| numbers. It keeps throwing a Exception when it gets to that point.
| Below is the code I am using. If someone could give me a few ideas. The
| app is in Console form now to be translated to a Windows App at a
| future date.
|
| query1 = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Product");
| queryCollection1 = query1.Get();
| foreach (ManagementObject mo in queryCollection1)
| {
| Console.WriteLine("Product : " +
| mo["Name"].ToString());
| Console.WriteLine("Serial : " +
| mo["ProductID"].ToString());
| }
|
| Thanks-
| Evan Sparkman
|

[Ian R]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\ProductId
No guarantee that it will be in the same place in future versions though.

"esparkman" <ev***********@gmail.comwrote in message
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Willy,

This is under the WMI Class Win32_Product:

ProductID
Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

The product ID.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000: This property is
not available.

Either way could you point me in the direction to retrieve the CD-KEY?
We are a College Campus located in KY, I am writing this so that it
will give us freedom and control of the assest management we use. As
well as give us a some form of inventory control.
Willy Denoyette [MVP] wrote:

>There is no such property as ["ProductID"] in Win32_Product, please refer
to
the WMI docs for property details.

Willy.

"esparkman" <ev***********@gmail.comwrote in message
news:11*********************@i42g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
| Hey guys I am working on a application, that will pull our inventory
| campus wide. I'm having troubles getting it to pull our software serial
| numbers. It keeps throwing a Exception when it gets to that point.
| Below is the code I am using. If someone could give me a few ideas. The
| app is in Console form now to be translated to a Windows App at a
| future date.
|
| query1 = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Product");
| queryCollection1 = query1.Get();
| foreach (ManagementObject mo in queryCollection1)
| {
| Console.WriteLine("Product : " +
| mo["Name"].ToString());
| Console.WriteLine("Serial : " +
| mo["ProductID"].ToString());
| }
|
| Thanks-
| Evan Sparkman
|

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

Not sure what documentation you are refering to, but this property is not in
Win32_product and not in the recent MSDN docs.

also:
| Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000: This property is
| not available.

is a bit indicative for what I'm saying, provided that NT4 is no longer
supported and W9X isn't even a WMI platform.

Willy.
"esparkman" <ev***********@gmail.comwrote in message
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| Willy,
|
| This is under the WMI Class Win32_Product:
|
| ProductID
| Data type: string
| Access type: Read-only
|
| The product ID.
|
| Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000: This property is
| not available.
|
|
|
| Either way could you point me in the direction to retrieve the CD-KEY?
| We are a College Campus located in KY, I am writing this so that it
| will give us freedom and control of the assest management we use. As
| well as give us a some form of inventory control.
|
|
| Willy Denoyette [MVP] wrote:
| There is no such property as ["ProductID"] in Win32_Product, please
refer to
| the WMI docs for property details.
| >
| Willy.
| >
| "esparkman" <ev***********@gmail.comwrote in message
| news:11*********************@i42g2000cwa.googlegro ups.com...
| | Hey guys I am working on a application, that will pull our inventory
| | campus wide. I'm having troubles getting it to pull our software
serial
| | numbers. It keeps throwing a Exception when it gets to that point.
| | Below is the code I am using. If someone could give me a few ideas.
The
| | app is in Console form now to be translated to a Windows App at a
| | future date.
| |
| | query1 = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_Product");
| | queryCollection1 = query1.Get();
| | foreach (ManagementObject mo in queryCollection1)
| | {
| | Console.WriteLine("Product : " +
| | mo["Name"].ToString());
| | Console.WriteLine("Serial : " +
| | mo["ProductID"].ToString());
| | }
| |
| | Thanks-
| | Evan Sparkman
| |
|