http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2008/08/03/do-i-have-the-latest-bios-installed-and-a-cheap-laptop-repair.aspxFor Hyper-V to operate correctly, it is strongly advised, and in many cases, required, to install the latest BIOS onto your hardware for hardware virtualization features to operate correctly. While some OEMs provide fantastic information, my experienceen-GBCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2008/08/03/do-i-have-the-latest-bios-installed-and-a-cheap-laptop-repair.aspx#3098065Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:06:22 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3098065Roberto Scassellati<p>I think you could use wmic, it's like 3bis :-)</p> <p>wmic bios get biosversion</p>