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Not all settings in BIOS can be read using the BIOS structure in Windows. However, the BIOS information maps to something or other in WMI classes. A list of classes in WMI can be found here:<br />
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<a href="http://www.it-visions.de/scripting/WMIReferenz.asp?C_Klassentypen=4&C_Suchwort=ata&C_SubmitSearch=Search" rel="ugc">http://www.it-visions.de/scripting/WMIReferenz.asp?C_Klassentypen=4&C_Suchwort=ata&C_SubmitSearch=Search</a><br />
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An excellent way to extract the WMI information is by using the &quot;wmic&quot; utility:<br />
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wmic path &lt;WMI class name&gt;
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Not all settings in BIOS can be read using the BIOS structure in Windows. However, the BIOS information maps to something or other in WMI classes. A list of classes in WMI can be found here:

http://www.it-visions.de/scripting/WMIReferenz.asp?C_Klassentypen=4&C_Suchwort=ata&C_SubmitSearch=Search [http://www.it-visions.de/scripting/WMIReferenz.asp?C_Klassentypen=4&C_Suchwort=ata&C_SubmitSearch=Search]

An excellent way to extract the WMI information is by using the "wmic" utility:

wmic path <WMI class name>

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I need to access some of the BIOS settings during our software install. The kind of information I need to access includes:<br />
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a) Whether USB 2.0 is enabled or not<br />
b) Whether Parallel ATA is enabled or not<br />
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Is there a way to programmatically access this kind of information from BIOS memory. I need to write this in C++ or C on Windows XP.<br />
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Thanks.
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I need to access some of the BIOS settings during our software install. The kind of information I need to access includes:

a) Whether USB 2.0 is enabled or not
b) Whether Parallel ATA is enabled or not

Is there a way to programmatically access this kind of information from BIOS memory. I need to write this in C++ or C on Windows XP.

Thanks.

How to read BIO information programmatically

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