system info?

[pnp]

How could I get information about

- the HD serial
- the CPU speed & type
- Motherboard model
- MAC address
- RAM amount
- OS major & minor version

from the framework without the use of WMI?

 

[Mike Kitchen]

There are two areas you can look at.

The first is WMI using the System.Management Namespace. Take a look at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemManagement.asp

Secondly look at the SystemInformation Class. Take a look at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemWindowsFormsSy
stemInformationClassTopic.asp
nice example usage here
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfSystemWindowsFormsSy
stemInformationClassComputerNameTopic.asp

I use some of the WMI in an example app here.
http://www.publicjoe.f9.co.uk/csharp/snip/snip003.html

Hope this helps

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