Win32_Processor reading Processor information Wrong

[ShadowStriker]

Hi!

I'm trying to get Win32_Processor to give me information on the new Intel Core i3, i5, i7 processors, but it keeps telling me they're P2 or P3 machines. Anyone know if this is a bug like KB953955?

Thanks!

 

[pxc]

Win32_Processor won't give you that information. That only decodes certain bits to figure out models and it's hopelessly out of date since identifier bits were expanded years ago.

You would need to retrieve the ProcessorNameString from the registry as returned by CPUID. It's located in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0

(remove space in preceding line added by vB)

 

[ShadowStriker]

Ah, cool, thanks.

 

[ShadowStriker]

Win32_Processor won't give you that information. That only decodes certain bits to figure out models and it's hopelessly out of date since identifier bits were expanded years ago.

You would need to retrieve the ProcessorNameString from the registry as returned by CPUID. It's located in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0

(remove space in preceding line added by vB)

Okay, I don't know how this works, but I tried this on a Win7 machine and it gave me the right processor name? Is there something different with how Win32_Processor works between Win7 and XP?