Re: Serial number of a virtual PC
From: Steve Jain (essjae-No_at_Spam-hotmail.com)
Date: 07/10/04
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Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 23:50:29 -0700
Only the Dell computers I own have a 'software trick' to get the
serial number, the 7-8 others don't.
The only serial number VPC has is the serial number of your license.
You could also use the Windows ID number, if the 'serial number' is
nothing that can be checked via the network.
Go the the System Properties and you'll find a long string of numbers.
This is what MS uses for support and is unique per Windows install.
On Fri, 09 Jul 2004 21:46:06 -0500, William Smith
<mecklists@REMOVETHIS.mn.rr.com> wrote:
>In article <24340640.0407091819.2eab391e@posting.google.com>,
> lucagiroux@hotmail.com (Luca) wrote:
>
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> On a real PC, you would look on the outside of the physical PC box and
>> read
>> S/N: 78-WXYZ9
>>
>> There should be a software trick to get it on the PC, this is what I
>> am asking.
>> I know how to do it on the Mac: "About this Mac" will tell you the
>> physical S/N written on the box. I checked on my PowerBook and they
>> are corresponding (software and physical numbers).
>>
>> May be the virtual PC will return this Mac S/N, but may be it is
>> something else?
>
>Hi Luca!
>
>Serial numbers on the physical box itself are manufacturer generated and
>can vary widely. Not all PCs are equipped to store this number
>internally, although most newer models do. If it were internal, it would
>be stored in the bios (outside of the operating system), which is
>typically accessed by pushing F2 or Del at startup of the PC. Even
>Virtual PC has a bios that you can check but again this is a
>manufacturer feature and not a feature of the operating system.
>
>Also, Steve Jain has mentioned using the ipconfig command in a Windows
>command prompt to get the MAC address. You'll also sometimes see the
>hard disk serial number listed here.
>
>Are you sure the serial number you've described above is not a company
>asset tag number? It seems too short to be a manufacturer serial number.
>
>bill
Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows
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