How to check current machine type? laptop or desktop ?
I got this from http://blog.csdn.net/antimatterworld/archive/2007/11/11/1878710.aspx ,it works well on my home machine(Win2003 on laptop), it returns "Portable", but failed on my work machine(Vista on laptop), it returns "Other".
here is the code:
public enum ChassisTypes
{
Other = 1,
Unknown,
Desktop,
LowProfileDesktop,
PizzaBox,
MiniTower,
Tower,
Portable,
Laptop,
Notebook,
Handheld,
DockingStation,
AllInOne,
SubNotebook,
SpaceSaving,
LunchBox,
MainSystemChassis,
ExpansionChassis,
SubChassis,
BusExpansionChassis,
PeripheralChassis,
StorageChassis,
RackMountChassis,
SealedCasePC
}
public static ChassisTypes GetCurrentChassisType()
{
ManagementClass systemEnclosures = new ManagementClass("Win32_SystemEnclosure");
foreach (ManagementObject obj in systemEnclosures.GetInstances())
{
foreach (int i in (UInt16[ ])(obj["ChassisTypes"]))
{
if (i > 0 && i < 25)
{
return (ChassisTypes)i;
}
}
}
return ChassisTypes.Unknown;
}
Here's a good Microsoft article that suggests looking at a few other WMI classes to get a better idea of whether the computer is a laptop or desktop:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc180825.aspx
Win32_SystemEnclosure, ChassisTypes(1)=10
Win32_Battery or Win32_PortableBattery
Win32_PCMCIAController
Win32_DriverVXD.Name = "pccard"
Win32_ComputerSystem.Manufacturer
Win32_ComputerSystem.Model
And it also suggests to look in the registry for the Power scheme.