How to Read the Mainboard’s BIOS Information

Posted December 15th @ 1:08 pm by m3Rlin

Mainboard BIOS information can be very useful. Let’s say, for instance, that you want to make sure nobody makes illegal copies of your program. The most popular way is to use a serial number. But serial numbers can be copied or even published on the Internet. The only way to get over this is to [...]

How to Get the CPU Vendor Name

Posted December 15th @ 1:06 pm by m3Rlin

The CPUID instruction gives you a lot of information about the CPU. You don’t have to write hundreds of lines of code to find out what CPU is installed as you have to to find out if a 286 or a 386 chip is installed. To get the CPU vendor name use this code. This [...]