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Find on Dell Laptops Check the bottom of your laptop (base). The Dell service tag will be located on a sticker on the laptop's base. Look up information based on Serial Number / SNID / Service Tag / IMEI. Enter Service Tag or Express Service Code. Help Auto Detect Each search may. Dell Serial Number lookup. Post by lrawlins » Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:12 pm. Most importantly to some of us it gives the date it was shipped from Dell. No more having to guess when a machine went into service. Bye for now, Top. 1 post • Page 1 of 1. The Service Tag is the serial number that appears underneath the command. Close the CMD window. If you have installed Linux on your Dell XPS 13 2-in-1, you can still access the Service Tag. Open a terminal. Type or paste ‘sudo dmidecode -s system-serial-number’. The Service Tag will appear underneath the command. Close the terminal. Dell Serial Numbers. Convert Dell trail version to full software.
If you're like me you're rarely sitting in front of your customer's hardware. These simple steps will allow you to find the Service Tag for your Dell hardware without looking on the device.
3 Steps total
Step 1: Open command prompt
Go to Start > Run and type cmd to start your command prompt. Administrative rights are not required to run this command.
Choose either method 2 or method 3 depending on your circumstances.
Step 2: Obtain Service Tag locally with command line
In the command prompt type the following and press Enter/Return.
wmic csproduct get vendor,name,identifyingnumber
Step 3: Obtain Service Tag remotely with command line
If VNC or remote desktop connection to the remote-host is not available, execute the following from the local-host to get the service tag of the remote-host.
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wmic /user:administrator /node:remote-host bios get serialnumber
You will be prompted for the password for account administrator.
NOTE :: type the command exactly like it appears above only replacing the remote-host part with the workstations name or IP address you're querying. If you want to use a user account other than administrator, replace 'administrator' with the account you wish to use.
Published: Oct 10, 2011 · Last Updated: May 29, 2014
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- TabascoJer2911 Oct 11, 2011 at 12:45amWe're nearly 100% Dell, and I've never tried that command. It works great! Thanks!
- Habanerojcvnstdn Oct 11, 2011 at 07:34amworking 100%. well done
- SerranoAZHockeyNut Oct 11, 2011 at 10:19amUnreal, I have been wondering how to do that for years! Thanks
- Sonoramikecriley Oct 11, 2011 at 10:39amNice!
Pipe it to a text doc so you can open it in windows.
wmic csproduct get vendor,name,identifyingnumber > c:stag.txt - SerranoJayse Oct 11, 2011 at 07:20pmGreat idea mikecriley! Thanks for the support guys. Making our IT lives easier is the goal. ;)
- TabascoDevonSchreiner Oct 17, 2011 at 04:56pmLooks good, Thanks!
- Anaheimbryan_ckh Oct 27, 2011 at 12:32ami tried this cmd: When you wish upon a star download.wmic /mydomain:administrator /'pc-name':remote-host bios get serialnumberand i got this error msg: invalid global switchpls help.
- SerranoJayse Oct 27, 2011 at 12:46ambryan try the followingwmic /user:administrator /node:YOURPCNAME bios get serialnumberYou'll be prompted for your administrator account. If you want to use another account replace administrator with your account name.I should have specified which commands are to be customized to fit your environment. My apologies. This should work for you.
- Anaheimbryan_ckh Oct 27, 2011 at 02:36amJayse, it works for me now. thanks for the clarification :)
- PimientoCrazyace Feb 10, 2012 at 03:04pmIf you use ' wmic csproduct list brief' it puts out in a better format.
- Pimientom_flash Feb 21, 2012 at 03:02pmwmic /user:'my username' /node:'workstation I'm trying to remote to' bios get serialnumber
Invalid Global Switch.What am I doing wrong here exactly?Ok so I got that to work but now I get error message:
ERROR:
Code = 0x800706ba
Description = The RPC server is unavailable. - Datilreth1nk Jan 10, 2013 at 09:13pmthis small capability has been a life saver when students have worn off the sticker underneath a machine from repeatedly inserting and removing from charging stations, carts, or bags.
- TabascoBob_BLC Feb 1, 2013 at 01:36pmExactly what I was looking for, thank you!
- Sonoranknoll Feb 1, 2013 at 05:56pmThank you! This is wonderful!
- AnaheimUS-Scouser Feb 11, 2013 at 08:58pmYou are a beast. I love you.
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