blank BOIS serial number!?

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From: Adrian Hunt
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:12

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Hi

Can anyone help:  I need a way of getting the BIOS serial number, I've tried to use WMI and all I get back is an empty string...  Does window provide any other way to retrieve BIOS information?

Thanx in advance,
  Adrian

(Fingers, toes, legs and arms crossed)

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