How to find a machine serial number from command prompt using WMI

Ever wonder how can you find laptop serial number using command prompt???

Here is a quick command that you can use to find the Serial Number of your machine.

To find the serial number, open command prompt (cmd) and type the following command.

c:>wmic bios get serialnumber

This will give you your machine’s serial number by pulling the information from BIOS. This is how it will look like.

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If you are interested in scripting the same visit https://support.microsoft.com/kb/558124

WMIC (Windows Management Instrumentation Command-Line) https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394531(VS.85).aspx

Hope you enjoy !!!

Update: Corrected syntax in the command