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Cthulhu



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Cthulhu 22 Feb 2008, 13:44
Hi Folks!
I'm looking for informations about retrieving BIOS info but I found only references that uses WMI classes to do it.
That's not what I want because WMI is too slow.

Is there a way to get this information from a Ring 3 application or just from Ring 0?

Thanks in advance!
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revolution
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revolution 22 Feb 2008, 13:49
Cthulhu wrote:
I'm looking for informations about retrieving BIOS info but I found only references that uses WMI classes to do it.
That's not what I want because WMI is too slow.
Really? Too slow? How many times a second are you intending to get the serial number?
Cthulhu wrote:
Is there a way to get this information from a Ring 3 application or just from Ring 0?
Only Ring0 Starr can do this for you. Hey, that's a Beatles reference folks.
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Cthulhu



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Cthulhu 22 Feb 2008, 14:02
revolution wrote:
Really? Too slow? How many times a second are you intending to get the serial number?.


Well mate, I'm coding in fasm I want to do it as fast as I can no matter how many times I'll call the function. Besides I want to know what is happening under the hood and thats's the reason I don't want to use WMI.
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revolution 22 Feb 2008, 14:22
Cthulhu wrote:
I want to know what is happening under the hood
I like that reason much better Wink People that want to learn are always tops in my books.
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kandamun



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kandamun 22 Feb 2008, 14:39
Since this thread is in Windows, what about

Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System
     REG_MULTI_SZ: SystemBiosVersion    
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MHajduk 22 Feb 2008, 16:47
revolution wrote:
People that want to learn are always tops in my books.
Wir müssen wissen.
Wir werden wissen.


(We must know.
We will know.
)

David Hilbert, great German mathematician (*1862 - †1943).
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Cthulhu



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Cthulhu 22 Feb 2008, 17:23
kandamun wrote:
Since this thread is in Windows, what about

Code:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System
     REG_MULTI_SZ: SystemBiosVersion    


I saw this registry key during my research thanks kandamun.
If I find a solution to access this information using assembly without having to use the registry I'll post it here.

Thanks everyone who answered this thread!
Cthulhu
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