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Privileged Application in Windows 8.1

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Hi,

I was trying to get the device Serial Number of Windows 8.1 Tablet using SmbiosInformation class.

It says access denied, how do I get Privileged Application .

I went through this but could not get how to make my application a Privileged Application.

Could anyone please suggest me.

It will be ok if I can get the device MAC address also.

Thanks

Somnath

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 4:25 PM

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Hi somnathbanik,

Only applications that are declared as privileged in the device metadata of the PC container have access to this API. The list or privileged apps in the device metadata of the PC container is governed by an OEM.

So if you are an OEM and/or working on behalf of an OEM, you can use this API correctly, see this similar thread: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/a93fdff5-2443-4ab9-abc7-40d0e1e234da/runtime-error-running-metro-store-app-with-smbiosinformationserialnumber?forum=tailoringappsfordevices

>>It will be ok if I can get the device MAC address also

Unfortunately, there is no such API to allow retrieving this information in WinRT

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