How to check if the machine I'm connected to is a virtual one or not
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When I connect to a machine (through RDC, VNC, PCAnywhere or any other such remoting application) is there any system setting I can check to know if the machine I'm connected to is a virtual machine or an actual physical one? Thanks, Melwyn
Nope. You can try to gleen it from the devices installed though. You can get that using WMI queries.
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Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
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Nope. You can try to gleen it from the devices installed though. You can get that using WMI queries.
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Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
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But no longer in 2009...Thanks for replying. I don't need to do this programmatically. I was given a machine at work and I was just curious to know if it was real or virtual. Obviously I don't have physical access to the machine (to see for myself) as it's in another part of the world. So there are some devices that would not be installed on a virtual machine? Something like keyboard and mouse? Thanks, Melwyn