How to get serial number of motherboard using C++ on WINDOWS?

Aseem Sharma

Hi friends, Can somebody provide me the sample code for getting serial number of motherboard using C++ on WINDOWS? Regards Aseem

Code o mat

I doubt there is a common way to do that, if any at all (i might be wrong and correct me if i am, fellas), maybe check out if WMI[^] has a way, e.g. here[^] it mentions a "serial number" and "bios asset tag", that's probably not for the motherboard though... Here[^] are examples about how to use WMI in C++.

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David Crow

Check out the DeviceID property of the Win32_MotherboardDevice class.

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Luc Pattyn

You want WMI; see the SerialNumber property of the Win32_BaseBoard class. Note: AFAIK it gets stored in the BIOS memory, and flashing a new BIOS is likely to erase the number. :)

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Code o mat

Is that universal, i mean, whould that work on any system?

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Luc Pattyn

Code-o-mat wrote:

whould that work on any system?

which part of it, getting it or getting rid of it? and I'm afraid I don't know for all systems either way. :)

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Code o mat

I meant the "getting it" part. I guess the "getting rid" part would work on any system that can have a big enough hammer applied on. :)

> The problem with computers is that they do what you tell them to do and not what you want them to do. < > Leela: Fry, you're wasting your life sitting in front of that TV. You need to get out and see the real world. Fry: But this is HDTV. It's got better resolution than the real world <

Luc Pattyn

as always with WMI, it depends on the manufacturers. If they decide not to bother, then it won't be there. But I think they do use it to their advantage, during manufacturing and later on, for serviceability. :)

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Code o mat

Thought so really... so basicly there is no common way to get the info he requested, it is most likely he can get it trough WMI but there are no garantees...

> The problem with computers is that they do what you tell them to do and not what you want them to do. < > Leela: Fry, you're wasting your life sitting in front of that TV. You need to get out and see the real world. Fry: But this is HDTV. It's got better resolution than the real world <

Aseem Sharma

Hi friend. Thanks for your reply. I have changed the plan. I'll use some third party licensing. Regards Aseem