Getting Hardware information in a pc

[ananth]

Hi all,
I have a form which has a button in it.on button click it should generate the list of hardwares installed in a pc and store these values in a string values.
how can it be done ,Kindly suggest me some websites or codes that will be more helpfull for my project completion.

Thanks in Advance

[sashi]

Hi all,
I have a form which has a button in it.on button click it should generate the list of hardwares installed in a pc and store these values in a string values.
how can it be done ,Kindly suggest me some websites or codes that will be more helpfull for my project completion.

Thanks in Advance

Hi there,

Heard about WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation ) before? Check it out for WMI at MSDN. Which OS are you currently using? Windows XP comes bundled with WMI. WMI enables hardware as well as software enumeration on local as well as remote systems. Hope you get an idea to get started with. Good luck & Take care.

[ananth]

Hi Mr Sashi,
I have heard about WMI but the problem is this has to be done without using it.(ie it should contain class module and other Bak files that looks into the registry for the list of installed hardware and those BAS files should be called in a button click.

Pls help me regarding this .

Hi there,

Heard about WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation ) before? Check it out for WMI at MSDN. Which OS are you currently using? Windows XP comes bundled with WMI. WMI enables hardware as well as software enumeration on local as well as remote systems. Hope you get an idea to get started with. Good luck & Take care.

[sashi]

Hi Mr Sashi,
I have heard about WMI but the problem is this has to be done without using it.(ie it should contain class module and other Bak files that looks into the registry for the list of installed hardware and those BAS files should be called in a button click.

Pls help me regarding this .

Hi there,

In that case i think you need to identify the exact registry key / hive to look for hardware details stored. Am sure that these details must be stored somewhere in the registry, the only thing that matters in the location i.e the proper registry sub key. Good luck & Take care.

[ananth]

Hi Mr.Sashi,
Thanks for your information,but how can it be done is there any websites or codes that is available to see how it can be done.

Thanks in Advance.

Hi there,

In that case i think you need to identify the exact registry key / hive to look for hardware details stored. Am sure that these details must be stored somewhere in the registry, the only thing that matters in the location i.e the proper registry sub key. Good luck & Take care.

[aaryan]

Hi all,
I have a form which has a button in it.on button click it should generate the list of hardwares installed in a pc and store these values in a string values.
how can it be done ,Kindly suggest me some websites or codes that will be more helpfull for my project completion.

Thanks in Advance

ananth,
i am also having the same problem and can you please pass on the code once you succeed. i will also do the same.
thanks

[sashi]

Hi Mr.Sashi,
Thanks for your information,but how can it be done is there any websites or codes that is available to see how it can be done.

Thanks in Advance.

Hi there,

I think you should be able to extract some basic details, i.e. processor usage, swap memory usage, disk space (used & available), disk serial number & so on from registry. Please check in google, hope it helps. Good luck & Take care.

[ananth]

ananth,
i am also having the same problem and can you please pass on the code once you succeed. i will also do the same.
thanks

Hi Aryan,
I have found a site that solves the problem for both check this one

http://www.karenware.c om/powertools/ptprofiler.asp

[aaryan]

Hi Aryan,
I have found a site that solves the problem for both check this one

http://www.karenware.c om/powertools/ptprofiler.asp

thank you ananth, i will check out on that.

[sashi]

Hi Aryan,
I have found a site that solves the problem for both check this one

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptprofiler.asp

Hi there,

I've checked the link you posted above, it works fine on my pc. It's an application, this thread is all about writing code to retrieve hardware information. Good luck & Take care.