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How To Retrieve The UUID/GUID From A Computer?

Monday, 28. August 2006 11:40

The VBScript function below, GetUUID, shows how to retrieve the UUID/GUID from a computer.

' Test it
WScript.Echo GetUUID(".")

Function GetUUID(strComputer)

	Dim objWmi, colItems, objItem, strUUID, blnValidUUID

	Set objWmi = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
	Set colItems = objWmi.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystemProduct")
	strUUID = ""
	blnValidUUID = False
	For Each objItem in colItems
		strUUID = objItem.UUID
		If Not IsEmpty(strUUID) OR Not IsNull(strUUID) Then
			If (strUUID <> "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000") AND _
				(strUUID <> "FFFFFFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFF-FFFFFFFFFFFF") Then
				blnValidUUID = True
				Exit For
			End If
		End If
	Next
	Set objWmi = Nothing
	If Not blnValidUUID Then
		Set colItems = GetObject("winmgmts:" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2").InstancesOf("Win32_NetworkAdapter")
		For Each objItem In colItems
			If (objItem.AdapterType = "Ethernet 802.3") Then
				If (objItem.Description <> "Packet Scheduler Miniport") Then
					strUUID = "00000000-0000-0000-0000-" & Replace(objItem.MACAddress, ":", "")
					Exit For
				End If
			End If
		Next
		Set NicSet = Nothing
	End If
	GetUUID = strUUID

End Function

Category:Scripting, VBScript | Comment (0) | Author: Frank-Peter