Object Management vs Interop

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I am relatively new to C# and I am trying to understand the best programming methods. I current am trying to make a simple program to get some system info. I have come across a few different methods. ManagementObjectSearcher and Interop. Here is a list of a few different things I would like to get: Physical Memory, Virtual Memory, Processor, General OS info, VideoCard. And I would like to think speed is an issue. So I guess my question is what is the best way to get that kind of info?

Posted 19-Nov-11 16:45pm

Zach.Saunders

Updated 21-Nov-11 6:40am

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thatraja · Answer 1 · 2011-11-19T17:51:00

Solution 1

Check this article

How To Get Hardware Information (CPU ID, MainBoard Info, Hard Disk Serial, System Information , ...)[^]

Posted 19-Nov-11 17:51pm

thatraja

Not Active · Answer 2 · 2011-11-19T17:55:00

Solution 2

You may want look at this

Windows Management Instrumentation Classes[^]

Posted 19-Nov-11 17:55pm

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RaviRanjanKr · Answer 3 · 2011-11-20T04:31:00

Solution 3

Try
WMI Tasks for Scripts and Applications
[^]
Win32_Processor class[^]
http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2010/02/18/collecting-hardware-information-using-c-and-wmi/[^]
Getting Hardware Information[^]

Posted 20-Nov-11 4:31am

RaviRanjanKr

Zach.Saunders · Answer 4 · 2011-11-21T05:36:00

Solution 4

I guess I need to rephrase my question, I am wondering what would be better for getting hardware information, Object management or Interop?

Posted 21-Nov-11 5:36am

Zach.Saunders