Retrieving device's serial number from registry and WMIC tool

Details

Issue / Question

How to retrieve VC80 device serial number from registry 

Customer would like to extract VC80 Windows OS device serial number from registry for MDM. This article provides a way to retrieve VC80 device serial number from registry using Registry Editor or WMIC tool

Applicable To

VC80

Resolution / Answer

For VC80s, the device serial number is recorded in VCControl Panel> System Info:

Alternatively one can retrieve it from registry using Registry Editor or WMIC Tool 
The serial number is recorded in:
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VC\System Information]
"SerialNumber"="S16016523021181" 
 

And can also be retrieve using the WMIC command:
 
bios get serialnumber