hardware

[danynet]

How can i retrieve hardware vendor string programmatically under windows?

 

[bcastner]

Do you just want to see the string, or are you writing an application that requires it?

The enumeration libraries for devices are available from the hardware driver DDK for Windows. The newest one can be obtained here:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/ddk/default.mspx

See also for links:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndevice/html/driverhowto.asp

 

[bcastner]

It occurs to me you could use Devcon.exe, but I am not 100% certain:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;311272