Question

Hi All,

How can I programatically get the Computer description?
I’m using C# and .NET 2.0.

I tried Console.WriteLine(Dns.GetHostName()); but it echoes the Full computer name instead.

I also used the following code:

ManagementObjectSearcher query1 = new ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem") ;
ManagementObjectCollection queryCollection1 = query1.Get();

foreach( ManagementObject mo in queryCollection1 )
{
    Console.WriteLine(mo["Description"].ToString());
}

But this seems doesn’t work, I got this exception:

Exception System.IO.FileNotFoundException was thrown in debuggee:
Could not load file or assembly 'System.Management, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Answer 1

It’s in the registry value

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameters\srvcomment

The simplest way to access it would be:

using Microsoft.Win32;  

string key = @"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\lanmanserver\parameters";
string computerDescription = (string)Registry.GetValue(key, "srvcomment", null);