Simple HWID Checker

The Simple HWID Checker is a hardware identification or HWID tool that collects system-specific information such as hard drive data, computer name, CPU hash, GPU information, total system memory, MAC address, and BIOS serial number.

How to Use

1. Compile the C++ code.
2. Run the compiled executable.
3. The console will display various hardware information of the system.

Code Overview

This application is written in C++ and uses various Windows APIs, as well as DirectX and WMI libraries, to fetch system-specific data.

Primary functions:

• getGraphicsCardInfo(): Retrieves the graphics card info.
• getTotalSystemMemory(): Retrieves the total system memory.
• getMACaddress(): Retrieves the MAC address of the system.
• getBiosSerialNumber(): Retrieves the BIOS serial number.

The main() function makes calls to all these functions and fetches information about the system's volume, computer name, CPU hash, and more.

int main()
{   
    // Fetches the GPU information
    std::vector<std::string> graphicsCards = getGraphicsCardInfo();
    // ...

    // Fetches the total system memory
    DWORDLONG totalMemoryMB = getTotalSystemMemory();
    // ...

    // Fetches the MAC address
    std::string macAddress = getMACaddress();
    // ...

    // Fetches the BIOS serial number
    std::string biosSerial = getBiosSerialNumber();
    // ...
}

Dependencies

This project relies on the following Windows libraries:

• Windows.h
• Iphlpapi.h
• Assert.h
• tchar.h
• intrin.h
• dxgi.h
• Psapi.h
• comdef.h
• Wbemidl.h

Make sure to link the following libraries in your project settings:

• dxgi.lib
• iphlpapi.lib
• wbemuuid.lib

Credit

This project is inspired by and has improved upon the original HWID Info Grabber by HeathHowren, available at this link. The following improvements have been made:

• Addition of network information gathering, making use of the Iphlpapi.h library.
• Incorporation of debug assertions via the Assert.h library for better debugging.
• Utilisation of the DirectX Graphics Infrastructure (dxgi.h) for enhanced graphics-related operations.
• Inclusion of process and system information access via Psapi.h.

License

This project is licensed under MIT License.