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On registry information

Want to get to your BIOS information without rebooting? Open regedit.exe (Click the Start button, select Run and type in regedit.exe), then navigate down to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Enum\Root\*PNP0C01\0000

It'll have your BIOS name, version, date and a few other odds and ends.

If you've never looked around in your registry, then by all means take a gander. You'll be surprised at what information you can find. Just be very careful not to delete anything or to make changes.

If you ever do decide to make changes in the registry, make sure that you create a backup first. A mistake in regedit land could cause you immeasurable grief.