I am planning to buy new motherboard since my currenct motherboard is broken. In some site I see that motherboard is sorted by S/N (serial number) Since I dont know where to find S/N of motherboard, but I suppose I need to disassemble it. Do I really need this S/N new motherboard or it’s not … Read more
I had Windows 10 Home (it was preinstalled on my notebook), but I needed Hyper-V to try something, so I found university which has a CD key for Windows 10 Student version on their website and I used it. Everything worked fine for a few hours, but now I get the well known message to … Read more
I’m trying to get the serial number of a user’s PC from a VBS script, and display it in a msgbox. I am aware of the methods for commandline (wmic bios getserialnumber) and I am aware of the hardware-based methods (like looking at the sticker or the box.) I have checked the registry (HKLM\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\BIOS) to … Read more
On windows you can set a GPO that will allow to create a white-list of usb devices you want to allow on your computer. However, this white-list is based on the hardware ids and on the compatible ids of the device. Why is it not based on the serial number of the usb device ? … Read more
No, it is not about the Windows serial key and/or activation. After reading this question ( https://stackoverflow.com/q/21548747/1190388 ) about dmidecode and system serial numbers, I came across this article on Microsoft support pages. The article says that I can find my serial number using wmic bios get serialnumber or the VB script: On Error Resume … Read more
I want to install and activate Microsoft Office on a Windows 7 Home Premium pc. I have to chose between: 1) purchasing an activation key; 2) buying a digital license from another user; this second option would let me activate Office on 5 different devices but I don’t need it (I just want to install … Read more
I have a simple problem, but because this “programming language” I am using is 32-bit and only supports basic functions such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and concatenation (literally that’s it), I am having some trouble. For the input, I have a 16 digit number like so: 3334,5678,9523,4567 I want to then subtract 2 other … Read more
the one returned from on Windows machine: wmic diskdrive get serialnumber or can have two or more machines have same serial number? Answer The serial number you are referring to is the volume serial number. It belongs to the disk, not Windows. It gets generated randomly when the volume is formatted. If you had a … Read more
I feel this is likely a dup, but I can’t find good answers and “Question’s that may already have your answer” only shows an answer for excel. I’m looking to track documents printed by having a serial number aka an incrementing number on each document printed. The goal is that we have one document that … Read more
I installed CS6 in trial mode, now I got a serial, but I don’t know where to enter it. Answer From the Creative Suite 6 Trial FAQ: After you make your purchase, click the License This Software button on the trial screen to enter your serial number or start your subscription. AttributionSource : Link , … Read more
