Finding USB ID

[BigAl68]

I am trying to find a way to view a USB unique ID, is there any way that I can do this from within XP/DOS or do you know of a good app that can get this information for me.

Thanks

 

[sggaunt]

You need to see the Device instance ID, you can see this from the Device manager.
Right click my computer properties/ hardware/ device manger.
Or type devmgr.msc from the command prompt.

Find your USB device, right click it and select properties.
Select the details tab and then Device instance ID in the dropdown.
The parts of the string of characters you need are...
the
VID (vendor Identification) e.g VID_200A
and
PID (Product Identification) e.g PID_A345

These values are stored in the registry.
e.g at
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/system/controlset1/control/class/ then a long string (M$ system code) each added USB device adds to a list in these locations, if you need to examine them with a program.




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[linney]

USBDeview is a small utility that lists all USB devices that currently connected to your computer, as well as all USB devices that you previously used.
For each USB device, exteneded information is displayed: Device name/description, device type, serial number (for mass storage devices), the date/time that device was added, VendorID, ProductID, and more..."


USBDeview v1.30 - View all installed/connected USB devices on your system

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html