How do you find your computer’s serial number? If you have ever needed to know this, you can use Command Prompt (cmd) to look up your computer’s serial number remotely! This guide will show you how.
How to Get Serial Number from Cmd?
The steps also work on Windows 7, 8, and 10, with little to no differences in the process.
- Open the Search box in your taskbar, or use the Ctrl + S keyboard shortcut to bring up the search bar and look up “Command Prompt”.
- Right-click on the CMD and select “Run as administrator”.
- On the Command Prompt Window, you need to enter the following command:
wmic bios get serialnumber
- Press Enter on your keyboard and the Command Prompt window will show the serial number.
- Select the serial key and right-click to copy it to the clipboard.
- Once copied, you can paste it anywhere you want.