Query bios for asset tag

[lewwy]

Hi All,

I want to know if I can use qBASIC to query a computer to get the serial number and asset tag. I know this can be done in windows by use of the WMI but I want to use it in DOS.

The computer I'm trying this on is a DELL OptiPlex 780.

Thanks!

Lewis

 

[Geates]

Because DOS has no registry acces, a DOS program (qbasic) can access it either - at least not gracefully. Although, you can always run SHELL to execute DOS registry tools, like REG, and send the output to a file which can be opened and read in qbasic.

Example

SHELL "REG QUERY HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ComputerName\ComputerName /v ComputerName > computername.txt"

OPEN "computername.txt" FOR INPUT AS #1
   GET #1, regPath$
   GET #1, regValue$, regType$, regData$
CLOSE #1

PRINT "The name of this computer is" + regData$

Quick REG reference.

http://ss64.com/nt/reg.html

-Geates

NOTE: It has been years, if not a decade, since I have programmed in qbasic. Some syntax may be incorrect.


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