Get computer serial number and other info with PowerShell

To get the serial number from a computer run the following PowerShell command:

gwmi win32_bios | fl SerialNumber

To get more information e.g. bios version and manufacturer just run:

gwmi win32_bios

Comments

• Anonymous
  December 09, 2013
  very helpful

• Anonymous
  February 14, 2014
  Helpful indeed

• Anonymous
  July 02, 2014
  How do you do this for a computer over the network?

• Anonymous
  July 02, 2014
  You can use Invoke-Command.
  E.g. Invoke-Command -ComputerName DC1 {Get-WmiObject win32_bios}
  

• Anonymous
  November 25, 2014
  Or Get-WMIObject -Class Win32_BIOS -ComputerName DC1 | Format-List SerialNumber

• Anonymous
  December 04, 2014
  How you do this if you do not know all the computer names in a domain environment?

• Anonymous
  April 10, 2015
  Get-WmiObject -ComputerName myserver.corp.local -Class Win32_BIOS

• Anonymous
  May 05, 2015
  how can i find a Serialnummer in my domain.
  I have onla the seriennummer (hardware)
  thx

• Anonymous
  May 05, 2015
  georg do you have some kind of inventory system like SCCM? Then you can query it for the serial number.

• Anonymous
  May 19, 2015
  If I wanted to then pass this to a variable in a script how would i go about that?

• Anonymous
  May 20, 2015
  If you want to store it as a variable just do something like:
  $SN = gwmi win32_bios | Select-Object SerialNumber
  or if you just want to store the value:
  $SN = gwmi win32_bios | Select –ExpandProperty SerialNumber

• Anonymous
  June 23, 2015
  $currenttime = get-date
  $Results = @()
  
  Function Get-SerialNumber{
  
  Param
  (
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $Computer
  )
  
  Try{
  $erroractionpreference="SilentlyContinue"
  $SerialNumber = Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computer {gwmi win32_bios | Select –ExpandProperty SerialNumber}
  }
  Catch{
  $SerialNumber = "Not found"
  }
  
  
  
  
  
  $CustomObject = new-object PSobject
  $CustomObject | add-member -membertype noteproperty -name "Computer_Name" -value $Computer
  $CustomObject | add-member -membertype noteproperty -name "SerialNumber" -value $null
  
  
  IF($SerialNumber){
  
  $CustomObject.SerialNumber = $SerialNumber
  
  }
  
  
  $CustomObject
  }
  
  write-host "Starting SerialNumber Lookup at $currenttime"
  
  Foreach ($computer in $computers){
  $erroractionpreference="SilentlyContinue"
  $onlinestatus = test-connection $computer -Count 1 -quiet
  if ($onlinestatus -eq $true)
  {
  write-host "Starting SerialNumbers Lookup on $computer"
  
  Try{$Results += (Get-SerialNumber -Computer $Computer)}
  Catch{Write-Host "An error occured reading data from $computer; skipping"}
  }
  else
  {
  write-host "$computer is Offline" -foregroundColor Red
  }
  $Results | Export-CSV -Path $CSVOutputLocation -NoTypeInformation
  }

• Anonymous
  September 25, 2015
  You can also use wmic:
  wmic bios get serialnumber

• Anonymous
  September 28, 2015
  The comment has been removed

• Anonymous
  October 04, 2016
  good one!!

• Anonymous
  March 16, 2017
  $Hostnames = Get-Content C:\Users\rica.alivio\Desktop\SampleStations.txtGet-WmiObject -ComputerName $Hostnames -Class Win32_BIOS | Select -Property PSComputerName,SerialNumber > C:\Users\rica.alivio\Desktop\Output.txt

• Anonymous
  May 04, 2017
  How do i get server serial number using PowerShell or CMD

• Anonymous
  June 07, 2017
  Can the last script be tinkered into getting serialnumber in WinPE (through powershell), and adding the text at the right spot in unattend.xml, so naming the pc with example TK-%serialnumber% right before the machine reboots and parses the unattend.xml?

• Anonymous
  October 26, 2017
  i need to know what the name of my model and the serial number for my computer. There is a label on the bottom of my laptop. hellHowever, it has faded I can no longer read it. i can barely see Yoga 2 11. That is all i know. i need a cord for my adapter. Thank you for your help. karen Scott phone #740-360-2192. email kr82964@gmail.com How do i runPowers

• Anonymous
  July 17, 2018
  Thank you - worked perfectly!