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Windows VC++ Get Machine Model Name

I saw box.net detecting PC manufacturers and giving the users extra space in Windows 8. Which api can I use to find out the manufacturer?

Answer 1

You could use Windows Management Instrumentation

This example is in C#, hope it works for you.

string manufacturer = string.Empty;
ManagementClass mc = new System.Management.ManagementClass("Win32_BIOS");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(result))
    {
        try
        {
            if (mo["Manufacturer"] != null) 
                 manufacturer = mo["Manufacturer"].ToString();
            break;
        }
        // Show the exception (just for test purpose)
        catch(Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
        }
    }
}
Console.WriteLine(manufacturer.Trim());