[VB.NET 2005] A Simple Class for Getting Hardware Info

[Jenner]

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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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