How to get hardware information (for example cpuId, biosId, diskId, baseId and videoId) in c++?
Can anyone give me an example visual studio project for this?
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3What platform? What API? – EboMike Nov 23 '10 at 05:50
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5There is no way to do it in standard C++. It has to be done in a platform specific way, so you need to specify which OS you're using. – Charles Salvia Nov 23 '10 at 05:50
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My platform in windows xp and windows 2003 server – M.Rezaei Nov 23 '10 at 05:57
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There are very different ways to get a disk id (serial number? volume id?) or a CPU ID or ... . I think you want to build a fingerprint of the computer. The most comfortable way is to use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and access the DMI . See MSDN for a start. See MSDN here for a hint how to get the mainboard serial number as an example.
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GetSystemInfo will get you started with the CPU information. Each subsystem generally has different query functions.
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The standard c++ don`t provide this for you. These api may be provided by os or hardware driver.
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My platform in wondows xp and windows server 2003 X86.Can i get hardware info in this platforms? – M.Rezaei Nov 23 '10 at 05:59
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Example: xp: you can get information about disk. There are many apis: GetDiskFreeSpace GetVolumeInfomation – lj_enjoylife Nov 23 '10 at 08:33