DemonAngel Posted February 8, 2006 Share Posted February 8, 2006 Im looking for a way to read a serial number from a dell pc`s bios remotely without using WMI. The PC`s are running windows nt4 and I have admin access to them all. I am not allowed to install WMI or any other software onto these pc`s. Any help would be greatly valued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingboz Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 read a serial number from a dell pc`s bios remotely without using WMI. or any other softwareI don't have any NT4 machines any more - does the registry have anything useful - perhaps in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION Reading the help file before you post... Not only will it make you look smarter, it will make you smarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberSlug Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Found some interesting info herehttp://www.goodells.net/dellutility/sealed.htm(assuming the Dell folder is there and wasn't wiped out) Use Mozilla | Take a look at My Disorganized AutoIt stuff | Very very old: AutoBuilder 11 Jan 2005 prototype I need to update my sig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsaltyDS Posted February 9, 2006 Share Posted February 9, 2006 Im looking for a way to read a serial number from a dell pc`s bios remotely without using WMI. The PC`s are running windows nt4 and I have admin access to them all. I am not allowed to install WMI or any other software onto these pc`s.Any help would be greatly valued.Don't assume there is no WMI just because it's NT. WMI was included in NT4 SP4, IIRC. Any box still running NT should at least be running SP6a. WMI may already be there. Sorry for taking your time if you already looked, I just wanted to say don't assume it. Valuater's AutoIt 1-2-3, Class... Is now in Session!For those who want somebody to write the script for them: RentACoder"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." -- Geek's corollary to Clarke's law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonAngel Posted February 9, 2006 Author Share Posted February 9, 2006 (edited) The NT4 boxes are running Sp6a, unfortunatly they dont have WMI installed. I have tested this. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION, unfortunatly doesnt have anything usefull in it. Good attempt though. That was a interresting read Cyber. Unfortunatly the Pc`s gets ghosted with the same image and then deployed. Dell folder is not part of the image and if it was that would meen that the .ini file would be the same on all PC`s. Edited February 9, 2006 by DemonAngel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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