Retrieves BIOS information for a computer, including BIOS version number and release date.
This script was tested using Perl 5.8.0.804 for Microsoft Windows, available from ActiveState.
use Win32::OLE('in'); use constant wbemFlagReturnImmediately => 0x10; use constant wbemFlagForwardOnly => 0x20; $computer = "."; $objWMIService = Win32::OLE->GetObject ("winmgmts:\\\\$computer\\root\\CIMV2") or die "WMI connection failed.\n"; $colItems = $objWMIService->ExecQuery ("SELECT * FROM Win32_BIOS","WQL",wbemFlagReturnImmediately | wbemFlagForwardOnly); foreach my $objItem (in $colItems) { print "Bios Characteristics: " . join(",", (in $objItem->{BiosCharacteristics})) . "\n"; print "BIOS Version: " . join(",", (in $objItem->{BIOSVersion})) . "\n"; print "Build Number: $objItem->{BuildNumber}\n"; print "Caption: $objItem->{Caption}\n"; print "Code Set: $objItem->{CodeSet}\n"; print "Current Language: $objItem->{CurrentLanguage}\n"; print "Description: $objItem->{Description}\n"; print "Identification Code: $objItem->{IdentificationCode}\n"; print "Installable Languages: $objItem->{InstallableLanguages}\n"; print "Install Date: $objItem->{InstallDate}\n"; print "Language Edition: $objItem->{LanguageEdition}\n"; print "List Of Languages: " . join(",", (in $objItem->{ListOfLanguages})) . "\n"; print "Manufacturer: $objItem->{Manufacturer}\n"; print "Name: $objItem->{Name}\n"; print "Other Target OS: $objItem->{OtherTargetOS}\n"; print "Primary BIOS: $objItem->{PrimaryBIOS}\n"; print "Release Date: $objItem->{ReleaseDate}\n"; print "Serial Number: $objItem->{SerialNumber}\n"; print "SMBIOS BIOS Version: $objItem->{SMBIOSBIOSVersion}\n"; print "SMBIOS Major Version: $objItem->{SMBIOSMajorVersion}\n"; print "SMBIOS Minor Version: $objItem->{SMBIOSMinorVersion}\n"; print "SMBIOS Present: $objItem->{SMBIOSPresent}\n"; print "Software Element ID: $objItem->{SoftwareElementID}\n"; print "Software Element State: $objItem->{SoftwareElementState}\n"; print "Status: $objItem->{Status}\n"; print "Target Operating System: $objItem->{TargetOperatingSystem}\n"; print "Version: $objItem->{Version}\n"; print "\n"; }
use Win32::OLE('in'); use constant wbemFlagReturnImmediately => 0x10; use constant wbemFlagForwardOnly => 0x20; $computer = "."; $objWMIService = Win32::OLE->GetObject ("winmgmts:\\\\$computer\\root\\CIMV2") or die "WMI connection failed.\n"; $colItems = $objWMIService->ExecQuery ("SELECT * FROM Win32_BIOS","WQL",wbemFlagReturnImmediately | wbemFlagForwardOnly); foreach my $objItem (in $colItems) { print "Bios Characteristics: " . join(",", (in $objItem->{BiosCharacteristics})) . "\n"; print "BIOS Version: " . join(",", (in $objItem->{BIOSVersion})) . "\n"; print "Build Number: $objItem->{BuildNumber}\n"; print "Caption: $objItem->{Caption}\n"; print "Code Set: $objItem->{CodeSet}\n"; print "Current Language: $objItem->{CurrentLanguage}\n"; print "Description: $objItem->{Description}\n"; print "Identification Code: $objItem->{IdentificationCode}\n"; print "Installable Languages: $objItem->{InstallableLanguages}\n"; print "Install Date: $objItem->{InstallDate}\n"; print "Language Edition: $objItem->{LanguageEdition}\n"; print "List Of Languages: " . join(",", (in $objItem->{ListOfLanguages})) . "\n"; print "Manufacturer: $objItem->{Manufacturer}\n"; print "Name: $objItem->{Name}\n"; print "Other Target OS: $objItem->{OtherTargetOS}\n"; print "Primary BIOS: $objItem->{PrimaryBIOS}\n"; print "Release Date: $objItem->{ReleaseDate}\n"; print "Serial Number: $objItem->{SerialNumber}\n"; print "SMBIOS BIOS Version: $objItem->{SMBIOSBIOSVersion}\n"; print "SMBIOS Major Version: $objItem->{SMBIOSMajorVersion}\n"; print "SMBIOS Minor Version: $objItem->{SMBIOSMinorVersion}\n"; print "SMBIOS Present: $objItem->{SMBIOSPresent}\n"; print "Software Element ID: $objItem->{SoftwareElementID}\n"; print "Software Element State: $objItem->{SoftwareElementState}\n"; print "Status: $objItem->{Status}\n"; print "Target Operating System: $objItem->{TargetOperatingSystem}\n"; print "Version: $objItem->{Version}\n"; print "\n"; }