Harddrive or Motherboard Serial number

[Abubakar]

I have been trying to write a code that will enable me get
the serial number of the motherboard or harddrive on a
given system but no luck so far. Can any one out there
help me.

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Add a reference to system.manageme nt.dll.

Dim moReturn As Management.Mana gementObjectCol lection

Dim moSearch As Management.Mana gementObjectSea rcher

Dim mo As Management.Mana gementObject

moSearch = New Management.Mana gementObjectSea rcher("Select * from
Win32_LogicalDi sk'")

moReturn = moSearch.Get

For Each mo In moReturn

Dim VolumeName As String = mo("Volumename" )

Dim SerialNumber As String = mo("Volumeseria lnumber")

Dim strOut As String = String.Format(" {0} - {1}", VolumeName, SerialNumber)

Debug.WriteLine (strOut)

Next

moSearch = New Management.Mana gementObjectSea rcher("Select * from
Win32_Processor ")

moReturn = moSearch.Get

For Each mo In moReturn

Debug.WriteLine (mo("ProcessorI D"))

Next

Ken

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I have been trying to write a code that will enable me get
the serial number of the motherboard or harddrive on a
given system but no luck so far. Can any one out there
help me.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Abubakar" <xv************ @yahoo.co.uk> scripsit:

I have been trying to write a code that will enable me get
the serial number of the motherboard or harddrive on a
given system but no luck so far. Can any one out there
help me.

Harddisk volume number:

Add a reference to "System.Managem ent.dll", then import the namespace
'System.Managem ent' and use this code to get info about the volume
(including the serial number):

\\\
Dim disk As New ManagementObjec t( _
"Win32_LogicalD isk.DeviceID="" C:""" _
)
Dim diskProperty As PropertyData
For Each diskProperty In disk.Properties
Console.WriteLi ne( _
"{0} = {1}", _
diskProperty.Na me, _
diskProperty.Va lue _
)
Next diskProperty
///

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Addendum:

If you want to use WMI, have a look at the classes 'Win32_DiskDriv e' and
'Win32_BaseBoar d'.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>