PC information question

This is more of a general question and I am very new, so I don't know exactly what I am looking for. Is there an API or something that I is a built-in that can be used to find the Model of the PC that it is running on, the BIOS version of the PC, and other various information?

Not in the JDK, no.

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Then what do I use to find that kind of information? WMI?, through a DOS command?

I found this link that looks like it does wmi, but I have having trouble reading it and understanding it.

WindowsWmiInput

This is actually better. So, how do I put this in a program? Is it an "Import"?

jWMI – Query Windows WMI from Java | henryranch.net

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Originally Posted by roofninja

how do I put this in a program? Is it an "Import"?

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db

So, this is what I am using to test how to use the jWMI class, but I get 2 errors from how I am call the class. It says that "jWMI WMIV=new jWMI();" cannot find symbol for "jWMI".

I have copied the .java and .class in the same folder as the wmitest. Do I have to put it in the "bin" of the sdk? I am just not sure if I am putting this "jWMI" in the correct place now or what I am doing wrong here.

Code:

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//test the use of jWMI class call
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;

public class wmitest{
        public static void main(String args[]){

                jWMI WMIV=new jWMI();
                String model = WMIV.getWMIValue("Select Model from Win32_ComputerSystem","Model");

                JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"This is the PC model__"+model);
        }
}

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