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Start/Stop BizTalk Send port in C# with WMI

Is it possible to start/stop the send the port using MSBTS_SendPort class through C#?
I have got the port details and the status using Windows WMI and trying to Start/Stop the port
public bool CheckSendPorts()
{
bool returnValue = true;
UserName = "";
Password = "";
ServerName = "testserver";
using (ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = GetWmiSearcher(UserName,Password,ServerName, WMI_SCOPE, $"SELECT * FROM MSBTS_SendPort where Name = 'testSendPort'"))
{
if (searcher == null)
{
//WriteOutput($"No Send Ports found.", true);
return false;
}
foreach (ManagementObject instanceObject in searcher.Get())
{
string portName = instanceObject["Name"] as string;
uint portState = (uint)instanceObject["Status"];
string portStatus = GetPortStatus((uint)instanceObject["Status"]);
bool ignoreLocation = false;
}
}
return returnValue;
}
internal ManagementObjectSearcher GetWmiSearcher(string username,string password,string servername, string wmiScope, string wmiQuery)
{
ConnectionOptions connectionOptions = new ConnectionOptions();
connectionOptions.Authentication = AuthenticationLevel.PacketPrivacy;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(username))
{
connectionOptions.Username = username;
connectionOptions.Password = password;
}
else
{
connectionOptions.Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate;
}
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope($#"\\{servername}{wmiScope}");
scope.Options = connectionOptions;
EnumerationOptions enumOptions = new EnumerationOptions();
enumOptions.ReturnImmediately = false;
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery(wmiQuery);
return new ManagementObjectSearcher(scope, query, enumOptions);
}
private string GetPortStatus(uint code)
{
switch (code)
{
case 1:
return "Bound";
case 2:
return "Stopped";
case 3:
return "Started";
default:
return "Unknown";
}
}
Microsoft documentation suggest there is an method as MSBTS_SendPort.Stop to stop the port. Is it possible?

You can invoke the "stop" or "start" method in your foreach loop while iterating through the instances.
foreach (ManagementObject instanceObject in searcher.Get())
{
string portName = instanceObject["Name"] as string;
uint portState = (uint)instanceObject["Status"];
string portStatus = GetPortStatus((uint)instanceObject["Status"]);
bool ignoreLocation = false;
//invoke method stop with an empty object array for parameters (because this method doesn't take any parameters.
instanceObject.InvokeMethod("stop", new object[]{ });
}

Adding gsm sms to textbox or listbox (WinForm)

I have these codes for receiving sms from my gsm modem. It works but I want the messages to be viewed on a listbox or textbox. Can someone help me on how to do this?
public void Read()
{
gsmPort.WriteLine("AT+CMGF=1"); // Set mode to Text(1) or PDU(0)
Thread.Sleep(1000); // Give a second to write
gsmPort.WriteLine("AT+CPMS=\"SM\""); // Set storage to SIM(SM)
Thread.Sleep(1000);
gsmPort.WriteLine("AT+CMGL=\"ALL\""); // What category to read ALL, REC READ, or REC UNREAD
Thread.Sleep(1000);
gsmPort.Write("\r");
Thread.Sleep(1000);
string response = gsmPort.ReadExisting();
if (response.EndsWith("\r\nOK\r\n"))
{
Console.WriteLine(response);
// add more code here to manipulate reponse string.
}
else
{
// add more code here to handle error.
Console.WriteLine(response);
}
This is how I communicate with my modem using these codes. It works but only on console. I want add these to my winform
class GSMsms
{
private SerialPort gsmPort = null;
private bool IsDeviceFound { get; set; } = false;
public bool IsConnected { get; set; } = false;
public GSMsms()
{
gsmPort = new SerialPort();
}
public GSMcom[] List()
{
List<GSMcom> gsmCom = new List<GSMcom>();
ConnectionOptions options = new ConnectionOptions();
options.Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate;
options.EnablePrivileges = true;
string connString = $#"\\{Environment.MachineName}\root\cimv2";
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope(connString, options);
scope.Connect();
ObjectQuery query = new ObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_POTSModem");
ManagementObjectSearcher search = new ManagementObjectSearcher(scope, query);
ManagementObjectCollection collection = search.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject obj in collection)
{
string portName = obj["AttachedTo"].ToString();
string portDescription = obj["Description"].ToString();
if (portName != "")
{
GSMcom com = new GSMcom();
com.Name = portName;
com.Description = portDescription;
gsmCom.Add(com);
}
}
return gsmCom.ToArray();
}

Determine from which location an application was being started

Is there any possibility to determine how a c# application was being started?
In my case I want to check if this application (wpf) is being started by a shortcut located in a specific folder.
So, there are two ways to open my application
using direct shortcut
starting another application which is like an update manager to keep my application up to date. After checking, it starts my application with Process.Start()
And I want to ensure that the application is only able to be started with the update manager.

A trick you could use is to check the parent's PID, and then get some of the parent's process information.
If the parent's process name is something like "explorer.exe" then the application was started from the shortcut or directly by double-clicking it on explorer.
Otherwise, it was started from another application: it could be your updater application, it could also be another application with the same name as your updater application...
This means you have to re-think how deep you want to go for such a solution, and how deep do you want security control. You could pass arguments from your updater to your main application, or implement some inter-process communication with token exchanges... it is impossible to make a 100% secure system.
As someone commented above, this seems like a XY problem... or maybe not. Maybe it is just a security concern. It's recommended to revise what exactly are you aiming for this software.
In case you need sample code for retrieving process information in .NET (by using System.Management), then just give a try to the code listed below. All you have to do is to place it in a console application project named 'Updater', and correctly set the path to your main application in the code.
If you play a little bit with this example by starting and closing YourApplication.exe in different situations, then you should be able to see an output like this:
Parent process 'Updater.exe' [PID=5472]
Parent process 'explorer.exe' [PID=12052]
The code below was tested on VS2017 .Net 4.6.1
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Linq;
using System.Management;
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo()
{
FileName = "YourApplication.exe" // path to your application
});
while (Console.ReadKey(true).Key != ConsoleKey.Escape)
{
Process process = Process.GetProcessesByName("YourApplication").FirstOrDefault(); // your application's process name
if (process == null)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Process is not running...");
continue;
}
ProcessManager pm = ProcessManager.FromLocalMachine();
var processProperties = pm.GetProcessProperties(process.Id);
int parentProcessId = Convert.ToInt32(processProperties[EProcessProperty.ParentProcessId]);
try
{
var parentProcessProperties = pm.GetProcessProperties(parentProcessId);
string parentProcessName = parentProcessProperties[EProcessProperty.Name].ToString();
Console.WriteLine($"Parent process '{parentProcessName ?? "Unknown"}' [PID={parentProcessId}]");
Console.WriteLine("---------------------------------");
}
catch { Console.WriteLine("Parent process information not found."); }
}
}
}
public class ProcessConnection
{
internal ManagementScope ManagementScope { get; }
internal ProcessConnection(string machineName, string user = null, string password = null, string domain = null)
{
ManagementScope = new ManagementScope
{
Path = new ManagementPath(#"\\" + machineName + #"\root\CIMV2"),
Options = new ConnectionOptions
{
Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel.Impersonate,
Authentication = AuthenticationLevel.Default,
EnablePrivileges = true,
Username = user == null ? null : (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(domain) ? user : $"{domain}\\{user}"),
Password = user == null ? null : password,
},
};
ManagementScope.Connect();
}
}
public class ProcessManager
{
public static ProcessManager FromLocalMachine() => new ProcessManager()
{
Machine = Environment.MachineName,
};
public static ProcessManager FromRemoteMachine(string machine, string user = null, string password = null, string domain = null) => new ProcessManager()
{
Machine = machine,
User = user,
Password = password,
Domain = domain,
};
private ProcessManager() { }
public string Machine { get; private set; }
public string User { get; private set; }
public string Password { get; private set; }
public string Domain { get; private set; }
private ProcessConnection Connection { get; set; }
private ManagementScope ManagementScope => Connection == null ? (Connection = new ProcessConnection(Machine, User, Password, Domain)).ManagementScope : Connection.ManagementScope;
public EProcessStartStatus StartProcess(string processPath)
{
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass($"\\\\{Machine}\\root\\CIMV2", "Win32_Process", null);
ManagementBaseObject process = mc.GetMethodParameters("Create");
process["CommandLine"] = processPath;
ManagementBaseObject createCode = mc.InvokeMethod("Create", process, null);
string createCodeStr = createCode["ReturnValue"].ToString();
return (EProcessStartStatus)Convert.ToInt32(createCodeStr);
}
public bool KillProcess(string processName)
{
try
{
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery($"SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = '{processName}'");
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(ManagementScope, query);
foreach (ManagementObject mo in searcher.Get()) mo.InvokeMethod("Terminate", null);
return true;
}
catch { return false; }
}
public bool KillProcess(int processId)
{
try
{
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery($"SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE ProcessId = '{processId}'");
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(ManagementScope, query);
foreach (ManagementObject mo in searcher.Get()) mo.InvokeMethod("Terminate", null);
return true;
}
catch { return false; }
}
public void SetProcessPriority(string processName, EProcessPriority priority)
{
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery($"SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = '{processName}'");
ManagementObjectSearcher managementObjectSearcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(ManagementScope, query);
foreach (ManagementObject managementObject in managementObjectSearcher.Get())
{
ManagementBaseObject methodParams = managementObject.GetMethodParameters("SetPriority");
methodParams["Priority"] = priority;
managementObject.InvokeMethod("SetPriority", methodParams, null);
}
}
public string GetProcessOwner(string processName)
{
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery($"SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = '{processName}'");
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(ManagementScope, query);
foreach (ManagementObject mo in searcher.Get())
{
ManagementBaseObject methodParams = mo.GetMethodParameters("GetOwner");
ManagementBaseObject owner = mo.InvokeMethod("GetOwner", null, null);
return owner["User"].ToString();
}
return null;
}
public string GetProcessOwnerSID(string processName)
{
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery($"SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = '{processName}'");
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(ManagementScope, query);
foreach (ManagementObject mo in searcher.Get())
{
ManagementBaseObject methodParams = mo.GetMethodParameters("GetOwnerSid");
ManagementBaseObject OwnerSid = mo.InvokeMethod("GetOwnerSid", null, null);
return OwnerSid["Sid"].ToString();
}
return null;
}
public IList<int> GetRunningProcesses()
{
IList<int> processes = new List<int>();
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process");
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(ManagementScope, query);
foreach (ManagementObject mo in searcher.Get()) processes.Add(int.Parse(mo["ProcessId"].ToString()));
return processes;
}
public IDictionary<EProcessProperty, object> GetProcessProperties(int processId)
{
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery($"SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE ProcessId = '{processId}'");
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(ManagementScope, query);
Dictionary<EProcessProperty, object> properties = new Dictionary<EProcessProperty, object>();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in searcher.Get())
{
foreach (PropertyData pd in mo.Properties)
{
if (Enum.TryParse(pd.Name, out EProcessProperty e)) properties[e] = pd.Value;
else Console.WriteLine(pd.Name + " is not mapped in the properties enumeration.");
}
}
return properties;
}
public IDictionary<EProcessProperty, object> GetProcessProperties(string processName)
{
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery($"SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = '{processName}'");
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(ManagementScope, query);
Dictionary<EProcessProperty, object> properties = new Dictionary<EProcessProperty, object>();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in searcher.Get())
{
foreach (PropertyData pd in mo.Properties)
{
if (Enum.TryParse(pd.Name, out EProcessProperty e)) properties[e] = pd.Value;
else Console.WriteLine(pd.Name + " is not mapped in the properties enumeration.");
}
}
return properties;
}
public IList<int> GetProcessessFromExecutablePath(string executablePath)
{
SelectQuery query = new SelectQuery($"SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE ExecutablePath = '{executablePath.Replace("\\", "\\\\")}'");
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher(ManagementScope, query);
return searcher.Get().Cast<ManagementObject>().Select(mo => Convert.ToInt32(mo["ProcessId"])).ToList();
}
}
public enum EProcessPriority : uint
{
IDLE = 0x40,
BELOW_NORMAL = 0x4000,
NORMAL = 0x20,
ABOVE_NORMAL = 0x8000,
HIGH_PRIORITY = 0x80,
REALTIME = 0x100
}
public enum EProcessStartStatus
{
Success = 0,
AccessDenied = 2,
NoPermissions = 3,
Unknown = 8,
FileNotFound = 9,
Invalid = 21,
}
public enum EProcessProperty
{
Caption,
CommandLine,
CreationClassName,
CreationDate,
CSCreationClassName,
CSName,
Description,
ExecutablePath,
ExecutionState,
Handle,
HandleCount,
InstallDate,
KernelModeTime,
MaximumWorkingSetSize,
MinimumWorkingSetSize,
Name,
OSCreationClassName,
OSName,
OtherOperationCount,
OtherTransferCount,
PageFaults,
PageFileUsage,
ParentProcessId,
PeakPageFileUsage,
PeakVirtualSize,
PeakWorkingSetSize,
Priority,
PrivatePageCount,
ProcessId,
QuotaNonPagedPoolUsage,
QuotaPagedPoolUsage,
QuotaPeakNonPagedPoolUsage,
QuotaPeakPagedPoolUsage,
ReadOperationCount,
ReadTransferCount,
SessionId,
Status,
TerminationDate,
ThreadCount,
UserModeTime,
VirtualSize,
WindowsVersion,
WorkingSetSize,
WriteOperationCount,
WriteTransferCount,
}

If there are only 2 ways of starting your app, the second method should pass a parameter (a GUID?) to Process.Start() - generated by your updater app.
Maybe devise some kind of algorithm that allows the app to start only with the token.

From what I know this is impossible in the way you would like it to be but there's one trick which you can use. Firstly change your WPF application's entry method to get the command line arguments, and ( for example ) use -u argument to distinct from where the application was started. Then after -u you can pass a HWND or a process ID that matches your updater. Of course you have to then check if that application is running and if it's your updater.
example :
// updated process start
ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo("your/WPF/application.exe");
psi.Arguments = "-u " + Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id;
// fill up rest of the properties you need
Process.Start(psi);
// wpf application's entry point
void Main(string[] args)
{
string updaterProcessIdstr = string.Empty;
for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
{
if(args[i] == "-u")
{
updaterProcessIdstr = args[i + 1];
i++;
}
}
int pid = int.Parse(updaterProcessIdstr);
Process updaterProcess = Process.GetProcessById(pid);
// do some validation here
// send something to stdin and read from stdout
// to determine if it was started from that updater.
}

How to Change DNS with C# on Windows 10

I'm trying to change the DNS on Windows 10 through VB.NET.
I have code that works on Windows 7, however it does not work on Windows 10.
Here is my code for Windows 7 that changes the DNS:
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
if ((bool)mo["IPEnabled"])
{
ManagementBaseObject objdns = mo.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
if (objdns != null)
{
string[] s = { "192.168.XX.X", "XXX.XX.X.XX" };
objdns["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = s;
mo.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", objdns, null);
My question is, how do I get this to work on Windows 10 OS?

First you need to get the NetworkInterface you want to set/unset DNS
I've tested this code on the latest version of Windows 10 and it works like a charm!
Here is the code to find the active Ethernet or Wifi network (Not 100% accurate but useful in most cases)
public static NetworkInterface GetActiveEthernetOrWifiNetworkInterface()
{
var Nic = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces().FirstOrDefault(
a => a.OperationalStatus == OperationalStatus.Up &&
(a.NetworkInterfaceType == NetworkInterfaceType.Wireless80211 || a.NetworkInterfaceType == NetworkInterfaceType.Ethernet) &&
a.GetIPProperties().GatewayAddresses.Any(g => g.Address.AddressFamily.ToString() == "InterNetwork"));
return Nic;
}
SetDNS
public static void SetDNS(string DnsString)
{
string[] Dns = { DnsString };
var CurrentInterface = GetActiveEthernetOrWifiNetworkInterface();
if (CurrentInterface == null) return;
ManagementClass objMC = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMC.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)
{
if ((bool)objMO["IPEnabled"])
{
if (objMO["Description"].ToString().Equals(CurrentInterface.Description))
{
ManagementBaseObject objdns = objMO.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
if (objdns != null)
{
objdns["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = Dns;
objMO.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", objdns, null);
}
}
}
}
}
UnsetDNS
public static void UnsetDNS()
{
var CurrentInterface = GetActiveEthernetOrWifiNetworkInterface();
if (CurrentInterface == null) return;
ManagementClass objMC = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMC.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)
{
if ((bool)objMO["IPEnabled"])
{
if (objMO["Description"].ToString().Equals(CurrentInterface.Description))
{
ManagementBaseObject objdns = objMO.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
if (objdns != null)
{
objdns["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = null;
objMO.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", objdns, null);
}
}
}
}
}
Usage
SetDNS("127.0.0.1");

Combining multiple solutions I found that the following code is working great for Windows 10 and 8.1 (others not tested, but should work as well):
public static void setDNS(string NIC, string DNS)
{
ConnectionOptions options = PrepareOptions();
ManagementScope scope = PrepareScope(Environment.MachineName, options, #"\root\CIMV2");
ManagementPath managementPath = new ManagementPath("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ObjectGetOptions objectGetOptions = new ObjectGetOptions();
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass(scope, managementPath, objectGetOptions);
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
if ((bool)mo["IPEnabled"])
{
if (mo["Caption"].ToString().Contains(NIC))
{
try
{
ManagementBaseObject newDNS = mo.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
newDNS["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = DNS.Split(',');
ManagementBaseObject setDNS = mo.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", newDNS, null);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine(e.ToString());
Console.ReadKey();
throw;
}
}
}
}
}
The application needs to run with elevated permissions (in my case I'm starting an elevated process running an .exe):
private void callSwapDNS(string NIC, string DNS)
{
const int ERROR_CANCELLED = 1223; //The operation was canceled by the user.
ProcessStartInfo info = new ProcessStartInfo(#"swap.exe");
string wrapped = string.Format(#"""{0}"" ""{1}""", NIC, DNS);
info.Arguments = wrapped;
info.UseShellExecute = true;
info.Verb = "runas";
info.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
try
{
Process.Start(info);
Thread.Sleep(500);
}
catch (Win32Exception ex)
{
if (ex.NativeErrorCode == ERROR_CANCELLED)
MessageBox.Show("Why you no select Yes?");
else
throw;
}
}
Using mo["Caption"].ToString().Contains(NIC) doesn't work for Windows 10 as the WMI query returns the NIC-Name leading with [000000]
[000000] Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection
on my Windows 10 machine.
Credit to the following answers: [WMI not working after upgrading to Windows 10
WMI not working after upgrading to Windows 10
How can you change Network settings (IP Address, DNS, WINS, Host Name) with code in C#
and the answers to this question.

With Windows 10 you may need authentication first. Pass a ConnectionOptions instance to a ManagementScope constructor, defining your Authentication and Impersonation properties.
Try this:
// Method to prepare the WMI query connection options.
public static ConnectionOptions PrepareOptions ( )
{
ConnectionOptions options = new ConnectionOptions ( );
options . Impersonation = ImpersonationLevel . Impersonate;
options . Authentication = AuthenticationLevel . Default;
options . EnablePrivileges = true;
return options;
}
// Method to prepare WMI query management scope.
public static ManagementScope PrepareScope ( string machineName , ConnectionOptions options , string path )
{
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope ( );
scope . Path = new ManagementPath ( #"\\" + machineName + path );
scope . Options = options;
scope . Connect ( );
return scope;
}
// Set DNS.
ConnectionOptions options = PrepareOptions ( );
ManagementScope scope = PrepareScope ( Environment . MachineName , options , #"\root\CIMV2" );
ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass(scope, "Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)
{
if ((bool)mo["IPEnabled"])
{
ManagementBaseObject objdns = mo.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
if (objdns != null)
{
string[] s = { "192.168.XX.X", "XXX.XX.X.XX" };
objdns["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = s;
mo.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", objdns, null);
Based on this answer:
WMI not working after upgrading to Windows 10

This is the code I use to do this and it works:
/// <summary>
/// Set's the DNS Server of the local machine
/// </summary>
/// <param name="NIC">NIC address</param>
/// <param name="DNS">DNS server address</param>
/// <remarks>Requires a reference to the System.Management namespace</remarks>
public void setDNS(string NIC, string DNS)
{
ManagementClass objMC = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");
ManagementObjectCollection objMOC = objMC.GetInstances();
foreach (ManagementObject objMO in objMOC)
{
if ((bool)objMO["IPEnabled"])
{
// if you are using the System.Net.NetworkInformation.NetworkInterface you'll need to change this line to if (objMO["Caption"].ToString().Contains(NIC)) and pass in the Description property instead of the name
if (objMO["Caption"].Equals(NIC))
{
try
{
ManagementBaseObject newDNS =
objMO.GetMethodParameters("SetDNSServerSearchOrder");
newDNS["DNSServerSearchOrder"] = DNS.Split(',');
ManagementBaseObject setDNS =
objMO.InvokeMethod("SetDNSServerSearchOrder", newDNS, null);
}
catch (Exception)
{
throw;
}
}
}
}
}
Hope it helps...

How to get motherboard ID without receiving empty strings?

I tried many things:
//public static string GetMotherBoardID()
//{
// string mbInfo = String.Empty;
// //Get motherboard's serial number
// ManagementObjectSearcher mbs = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * From Win32_BaseBoard");
// foreach (ManagementObject mo in mbs.Get())
// mbInfo += mo["SerialNumber"].ToString();
// return mbInfo;
//}
//public static string GetMotherBoardID()
//{
// string mbInfo = String.Empty;
// ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope("\\\\" + Environment.MachineName + "\\root\\cimv2");
// scope.Connect();
// ManagementObject wmiClass = new ManagementObject(scope, new ManagementPath("Win32_BaseBoard.Tag=\"Base Board\""), new ObjectGetOptions());
// foreach (PropertyData propData in wmiClass.Properties)
// {
// if (propData.Name == "SerialNumber")
// mbInfo = String.Format("{0,-25}{1}", propData.Name, Convert.ToString(propData.Value));
// }
// return mbInfo;
//}
public static string GetMotherBoardID()
{
string mbInfo = String.Empty;
ManagementObjectSearcher mbs = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * From Win32_BaseBoard");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mbs.Get();
ManagementObjectCollection.ManagementObjectEnumerator itr = moc.GetEnumerator();
itr.MoveNext();
mbInfo = itr.Current.Properties["SerialNumber"].Value.ToString();
var enumerator = itr.Current.Properties.GetEnumerator();
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(mbInfo))
mbInfo = "0";
return mbInfo;
}
This all gives empty string on my PC, but the correct ID on the laptop.
Some other person also reporting on two PCs is empty motherboard ID.
The result of:
public static string GetMotherBoardID()
{
string mbInfo = String.Empty;
ManagementObjectSearcher mbs = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * From Win32_BaseBoard");
ManagementObjectCollection moc = mbs.Get();
ManagementObjectCollection.ManagementObjectEnumerator itr = moc.GetEnumerator();
itr.MoveNext();
mbInfo = itr.Current.Properties["SerialNumber"].Value.ToString();
var enumerator = itr.Current.Properties.GetEnumerator();
string properties = "";
while (enumerator.MoveNext())
{
properties += "[" + enumerator.Current.Name + "][" + (enumerator.Current.Value != null ? enumerator.Current.Value.ToString() : "NULL") + "]\n";
}
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(mbInfo))
mbInfo = "0";
return mbInfo;
}
[Caption][Основная плата]
[ConfigOptions][NULL]
[CreationClassName][Win32_BaseBoard]
[Depth][NULL]
[Description][Основная плата]
[Height][NULL]
[HostingBoard][True]
[HotSwappable][False]
[InstallDate][NULL]
[Manufacturer][Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.]
[Model][NULL]
[Name][Основная плата]
[OtherIdentifyingInfo][NULL]
[PartNumber][NULL]
[PoweredOn][True]
[Product][H55M-S2H]
[Removable][False]
[Replaceable][True]
[RequirementsDescription][NULL]
[RequiresDaughterBoard][False]
[SerialNumber][ ]
[SKU][NULL]
[SlotLayout][NULL]
[SpecialRequirements][NULL]
[Status][OK]
[Tag][Base Board]
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Maybe c# is bad for retrieving such things?
I hope for solution on C/C++ or working solution on C#

Some motherboards simply don't have ID. It set to empty string.
So, if someone need to use motherboard unique thing for licensing purposes they should receive motherboard UUID.

Personally, I'd recommend using this particular Open Source hardware monitor library (you'll need the source). You can use it for hardware identification. Open Hardware Monitor

There is also a NuGet package called DeviceID. However, you will need to include their DLL with your package, but is a great fast, simple solution.
Here a usage example:
/* Depends on https://www.nuget.org/packages/DeviceId/ Install-Package DeviceId - Version 5.2.0*/
/* Using AddMacAddress(true, true) to exclude both virtual and wireless network adapters. */
readonly string MachineSupportID = new DeviceIdBuilder()
.AddMacAddress(true, true)
.AddMotherboardSerialNumber()
.AddProcessorId()
.AddSystemDriveSerialNumber()
.ToString();
May the force be with you.