[Guide] Get System Information

[buzzaugust]

Hey

With this you can get information about your computer like CPU, BIOS, OS, and some other things.

First open Registry Database:
XP: Open start and click run, type "regedit.exe" and hit enter
Vista: click start and write "regedit" and then click it when it comes up

Then navigate here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System

Then you will see BIOS, CentralProcessor and some others. Im going to demonstarte how to find out which CPU you have. Open Notepad and copy this code in:

Dim cpu As String = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0", "ProcessorNameString", Nothing)

You see "...\CentralProcessor\0" The 0 is the processor number. For example my CPU is a quadcore so i got 0,1,2 and 3 (because of the 4 physical cores) but just use 0.

Open up your app and under Form1_Load (or whatever form your start form is) write this:

Dim cpu As String = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0", "ProcessorNameString", Nothing)

Now create a label then go back to Form1_Load and type:
label1.text = cpu

Thats actually all. You can also create one more saying cpu speed or something.
For that just write like:

Dim cpuspeed As String = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0", "~MHz", Nothing)

Just make sure to use another "Dim *NAME*" for each instance and then change the path to whatever you like. You can also get BIOS information by using:

Dim BIOS As String = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS", "BIOSVersion", Nothing)

For OS:

Label3.Text = My.Computer.Info.OSVersion

Well thats it. You can change the reg path to whatever you like to get information

Happy Coding