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How to Find Your Windows PC's Serial Number

Open Command Prompt or PowerShell and enter "wmic bios get serialnumber" to find your PC's serial number. Windows and System Information won't display your PC's serial number. If the command doesn't ...
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Do Custom PCs Have Serial Numbers? (And What To Do If You Need One)

There are all kinds of reasons why you might want to check out your PC's serial number. You might need to provide it to your employer, or you might want to check it while troubleshooting technical ...
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Here's What A Computer's Serial Port Was For (And Where It's Still Necessary)

If you've been using computers for more than a couple of decades, you've probably used a serial port to attach peripherals like your mouse and modem. Until the USB standard rendered them obsolete in ...