Get Windows serial number Topic is solved

[Marcus Frenkel]

Hi,

Is there any wx function to get the registration serial number of the running MS Windows OS?

Marcus

[mc2r]

Hi,

Is there any wx function to get the registration serial number of the running MS Windows OS?

Marcus

No, you will have to use system specific api's. To keep it as portable as possible wrap the code in ifdefs...

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#ifdef WIN32
    //win32 code to check serial number
#endif

-Max

[chris_bern]

Is there any wx function to get the registration serial number of the running MS Windows OS?

Under Windows you can use:

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wxRegKey *key = new wxRegKey("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion");

key->QueryValue("ProductId", &value);

Chris

[computerquip]

Two conflicting posts that say the opposite.

[Marcus Frenkel]

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wxRegKey *key = new wxRegKey("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion");

Solution for MSW will be fine enough. Is the serial number always stored in that place of the registry regardless of the Microsoft Windows version?

[chris_bern]

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wxRegKey *key = new wxRegKey("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion");

Solution for MSW will be fine enough. Is the serial number always stored in that place of the registry regardless of the Microsoft Windows version?

Win 95 - Win XP should store the product key in the same location. The following location should be more portable: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion".

On Vista, the same key location contains the product ID number, not the actual product key used for installation, the later is encrypted.

Chris

[Marcus Frenkel]

That's fine enough since I only need unique ID of the Windows installation. Thanks to all for the help.