Another question I see somewhat often is how to retrieve processor serial numbers, etc from specific hardware. Most likely used in hardware-lock type licensing. Below are some simple functions for getting hardware specific info such as CPU ID, Motherboard Serial Number, Drive Serial Numbers and MAC address.
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Code:
Imports System
Imports System.Management
Public Class clsComputerInfo
Friend Function GetProcessorId() As String
Dim strProcessorId As String = String.Empty
Dim query As New SelectQuery("Win32_processor")
Dim search As New ManagementObjectSearcher(query)
Dim info As ManagementObject
For Each info In search.Get()
strProcessorId = info("processorId").ToString()
Next
Return strProcessorId
End Function
Friend Function GetMACAddress() As String
Dim mc As ManagementClass = New ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration")
Dim moc As ManagementObjectCollection = mc.GetInstances()
Dim MACAddress As String = String.Empty
For Each mo As ManagementObject In moc
If (MACAddress.Equals(String.Empty)) Then
If CBool(mo("IPEnabled")) Then MACAddress = mo("MacAddress").ToString()
mo.Dispose()
End If
MACAddress = MACAddress.Replace(":", String.Empty)
Next
Return MACAddress
End Function
Friend Function GetVolumeSerial(Optional ByVal strDriveLetter As String = "C") As String
Dim disk As ManagementObject = New ManagementObject(String.Format("win32_logicaldisk.deviceid=""{0}:""", strDriveLetter))
disk.Get()
Return disk("VolumeSerialNumber").ToString()
End Function
Friend Function GetMotherBoardID() As String
Dim strMotherBoardID As String = String.Empty
Dim query As New SelectQuery("Win32_BaseBoard")
Dim search As New ManagementObjectSearcher(query)
Dim info As ManagementObject
For Each info In search.Get()
strMotherBoardID = info("SerialNumber").ToString()
Next
Return strMotherBoardID
End Function
End Class