This article addresses how to programatically retrieve serial numbers from Elo Windows devices.

Newer Elo Windows computer systems have the product serial number written into the firmware of the BIOS. See below steps for how to retrieve the serial number programmatically.

The below example was performed on an Elo Windows i-Series i5 AIO TouchComputer.

1. Open an Admin Command Prompt (also called Windows PowerShell Admin) This can be located by right-clicking on the Windows Start button.



2. Enter the following command: wmic bios get serialnumber



3.  If the serial number is stored in the BIOS firmware it will show in the Command Prompt Window.