How can I get the processor NAME of my machine using C#(.NET 3.5)?

Question

I need to find the Name and speed of the processor on my machine. I'm building an open source help desk suite and finding this really entertaining!

Thanks for the help guys!

Answer 1

You need to use WMI.

Answer 2

You can use WMI to fetch processor info.

Answer 3

System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER")

will get you something. You'll need to decode it though.

Answer 4

As the others have pointed out, using WMI. Do this by adding a reference to System.Management.dll, then calling the following code:

ManagementObjectSearcher mos = 
  new ManagementObjectSearcher("root\\CIMV2", "SELECT * FROM Win32_Processor");
    foreach (ManagementObject mo in mos.Get()) {
      Console.WriteLine(mo["Name"]);
    }

Besides "Name", WMI also exposes other interesting facts about your processor. Take a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394373(VS.85).aspx for the definitive list.