How does Parallels Desktop for Mac report a Computer Serial Number?

Hello,

I am using my Windows 7 VM in a corporate environment. In order to download software, and not to piss off the internet cops, I must use a program called Qualiparc to register a computer. I need to register in Qualiparc using the computer name (which was easy to find) and the serial number (which has proven illusive). I use a windows box to input a command that is supposed to reveal what the computer serial number is, and it returns the word parallels and what appears to be a MAC ADDRESS.

Anyone know how to find a serial number that Qualiparc might be looking for?

Thanks
Kenny in NJ

 

Hi, I'm not sure what command you have referenced, but most likely it returns serial number from BIOS (named in WMI as Win32_ComputerSystem). It is formed by Parallels VM as word "Parallels-" + uuid of VM (value of UUID is taken from config)

 

Thats what comes back but....

That's what comes back, but I'm not sure the word parallels wwith some numbers would be recognized as a valid serial number by someone looking for the serial number of a windows computer.

 

Not sure what Qualiparc is and what it wants, but..
There are two entries in the bios:

The first one is computer UUID (could be obtained with command "wmic path Win32_ComputerSystemProduct get UUID") - it is 16-byte number

The second one is computer serial (could be obtained with "wmic bios get serialnumber") - it is just a string, without any constraints. Many real hardware vendors don't supply it at all. Parallels forms it as "parallels-XXXXXX" where XXXXXX is text-representation of UUID.

May be you could use the plain UUID for Qualiparc. But not sure.