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Re: blank BOIS serial number!?

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From: Brian Slack
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 16:32
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You may want to poke about in the registry and see if it is stored in there.

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Brian Slack
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"Adrian Hunt" <adrianhunt@myriadworld.REMOVE_THIS.com> wrote in message
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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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