How do I obtain the computer manufacturer's name from C++?

Raymond Chen July 25, 2014 Jul 25, 2014 07/25/14

Some time ago, I gave a scripting solution to the problem of obtaining the computer manufacturer and model. But what if you want to do this from C++? I could translate the script into C++, or I could just point you to Creating a WMI Application Using C++ in MSDN. In particular, one of the WMI C++ Sample Applications does exactly what you ...