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

Compile the C++ code.
Run the compiled executable.
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.

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