Accessing PC System Info

Can anyone tell me if there is a routine/function in VC5 that can interrogate a PC Serial No. or other unique detail and report back.

Many thanks

This isn't very helpful really, but you might try querying the CPU's serial number. Some Intel P4's have this.

Have you any idea how I may achieve this?

Thanks

Look up the CPUID asm instruction.....that can retrieve this info on modern Intel chips...as for older or AMD chips, the results might not be what you want

Info on the web...

It sounds like you are trying to do something to register software. A lot of older software apps use the NIC adapter address, which is unique. The only problem is if the card fails and then is replaced. ESRI (Arc/Info, etc) products still use this method.

Call NetBios to get a char * ADAPTER_STATUS.adapter_address.

See:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...tbios_952q.asp

Any chance of an example how I do this ?

Thanks