2 things: Tell if a server is server core remotely. Tell if a server is a VM remotely. (C#)http://blogs.technet.com/brad_rutkowski/archive/2008/03/07/2-things-tell-if-a-server-is-server-core-remotely-tell-if-a-server-is-a-vm-remotely.aspxI've been messing around over the last week making a tool that will frisk a remote machine.&#160; It's been a fun project, a couple of items I got hung up on were if the machine was server core and if it was a VM. &#160; I mean who would knowingly TSenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)Determine if your system is a virtual machine (Hyper-V/VS/VPC) inside Vista or Server 2008http://blogs.technet.com/brad_rutkowski/archive/2008/03/07/2-things-tell-if-a-server-is-server-core-remotely-tell-if-a-server-is-a-vm-remotely.aspx#2981514Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:40:39 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2981514Aaron Tiensivu's Blog<p>It is as easy as checking HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SystemInformation\SystemProductName to see if it contains the string Virtual. There are also some other system call tricks, like revealing if the OS is a Server Core, located</p> re: 2 things: Tell if a server is server core remotely. Tell if a server is a VM remotely. (C#)http://blogs.technet.com/brad_rutkowski/archive/2008/03/07/2-things-tell-if-a-server-is-server-core-remotely-tell-if-a-server-is-a-vm-remotely.aspx#3278816Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:44:35 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3278816JayCee Botha - South Africa<p>Thanks for the post. </p> <p>I was wondering : Is there a way to determine in any way if the operating system your run on (not on a server, but on a normal desktop/lapto pc) is a virtual mashine/cloned pc ? We would like to make sure people are not running our software on cloned/virtual mashines and if we can find a way to identify it we can show a messagebox and end the application. Any help will be much appreciated.</p>