Vista - Getting Serial Number of Computer

Hi,

I apologize for being a pest, but is it possible, ideally through
powershell, or through VBS, to get the serial number of a computer? I need to
get it as a variable then write it to a file. Is this possible to do in
powershell?

As in the serial number for the hardware? Or are you talking about the
Windows license code?

I have used the "get-wmiobject win32_bios" to get the serial number for the
hardware on my Dell boxes.

I'm not sure if that is what you are looking for or not.

"greatbarrier86" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I apologize for being a pest, but is it possible, ideally through
> powershell, or through VBS, to get the serial number of a computer? I need to
> get it as a variable then write it to a file. Is this possible to do in
> powershell?

On Aug 14, 1:36 pm, greatbarrier86
<greatbarrie...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I apologize for being a pest, but is it possible, ideally through
> powershell, or through VBS, to get the serial number of a computer? I need to
> get it as a variable then write it to a file. Is this possible to do in
> powershell?

Oh, an easy one!

65# $baseboard = Get-WmiObject Win32_BaseBoard
66# $baseboard.SerialNumber
..7B530C1.CN1296169KB591.

On Aug 14, 1:47 pm, Hal Rottenberg <halr9...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 65# $baseboard = Get-WmiObject Win32_BaseBoard
> 66# $baseboard.SerialNumber
> .7B530C1.CN1296169KB591.

And to a file:

69# $baseboard.SerialNumber | set-content sn.txt
70# get-content C:\tmp\sn.txt
..7B530C1.CN1296169KB591.

On Aug 14, 1:46 pm, phyler <phy...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have used the "get-wmiobject win32_bios" to get the serial number for the
> hardware on my Dell boxes.

Here's the difference in the two on my laptop:

71# gwmi win32_bios

SMBIOSBIOSVersion : A08
Manufacturer : Dell Inc.
Name : Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A08
SerialNumber : 7B530C1
Version : DELL - 27d70403

72# gwmi win32_baseboard

Manufacturer : Dell Inc.
Model :
Name : Base Board
SerialNumber : .7B530C1.CN1296169KB591.
SKU :
Product : 0JK187

Damn! very nice. This is the computer's serial number correct? The HP
assigned serial?

"Hal Rottenberg" wrote:

> On Aug 14, 1:47 pm, Hal Rottenberg <halr9...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 65# $baseboard = Get-WmiObject Win32_BaseBoard
> > 66# $baseboard.SerialNumber
> > .7B530C1.CN1296169KB591.
>
> And to a file:
>
> 69# $baseboard.SerialNumber | set-content sn.txt
> 70# get-content C:\tmp\sn.txt
> ..7B530C1.CN1296169KB591.
>
>

Damn! very nice. This is the computer's serial number correct? The HP
assigned serial?

"Hal Rottenberg" wrote:

> On Aug 14, 1:47 pm, Hal Rottenberg <halr9...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 65# $baseboard = Get-WmiObject Win32_BaseBoard
> > 66# $baseboard.SerialNumber
> > .7B530C1.CN1296169KB591.
>
> And to a file:
>
> 69# $baseboard.SerialNumber | set-content sn.txt
> 70# get-content C:\tmp\sn.txt
> ..7B530C1.CN1296169KB591.
>
>

On Aug 14, 2:24 pm, greatbarrier86
<greatbarrie...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Damn! very nice. This is the computer's serial number correct? The HP
> assigned serial?

This one is a Dell, but yeah.

You should do some reading on WMI. There is a ton of good stuff in
there, and it's incredibly easy to get at using Powershell.

Here's more info on WMI classes that have hardware info:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...d_port_classes

And the WMI homepage on MSDN:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394582.aspx

Then of course in Powershell,

# help get-wmiobject -detailed

And a Script Center article:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...mshandwmi.mspx

I got it and 3 other wmi ones that i have been needing...those queries are
REALLY easy.

"Hal Rottenberg" wrote:

> On Aug 14, 2:24 pm, greatbarrier86
> <greatbarrie...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > Damn! very nice. This is the computer's serial number correct? The HP
> > assigned serial?
>
> This one is a Dell, but yeah.
>
> You should do some reading on WMI. There is a ton of good stuff in
> there, and it's incredibly easy to get at using Powershell.
>
> Here's more info on WMI classes that have hardware info:
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...d_port_classes
>
> And the WMI homepage on MSDN:
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394582.aspx
>
> Then of course in Powershell,
>
> # help get-wmiobject -detailed
>
> And a Script Center article:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...mshandwmi.mspx
>
>