Retreive Monitor Serial Number

Retrieve Monitor Serial Number Using PowerShell

Small script to retrieve monitor serial number using PowerShell,
using a WMI method called WmiMonitorID under the root\wmi namespace.

This WMI method exist from Vista and above, if you are having XP and below, you still can retrieve the information using a registry query and convert the EDID to the monitor information which include the monitor serial number.

Script Below

# Import Computers from txt file

$Computers = Get-Content C:\temp\List.txt

# Foreach loop

$BigOutput = foreach ($Computer in $Computers) {

    

    # Create output object

    $output = "" | Select-Object -Property Computer, Manufacturer, ProductCode, SerialNumber, Name, Week, Year

    

    # Get all connected monitors using WMI class WmiMonitorID

    $Monitors = Get-WmiObject -Namespace root\wmi -Class WmiMonitorID -ComputerName $Computer

        # Internal foreach loop to go over each connected monitor

        foreach ($Monitor in $Monitors) {

            

            $output.Computer = $Computer

            # get monitor info and convert to char

            $Monitor.ManufacturerName | foreach {$output.Manufacturer += [char]$_}

            $Monitor.ProductCodeID | foreach {$output.ProductCode += [char]$_}

            $Monitor.SerialNumberID | foreach {$output.SerialNumber += [char]$_}

            $Monitor.UserFriendlyName | foreach {$output.Name += [char]$_}

            # Get week and year

            $output.Week = $Monitor.WeekOfManufacture

            $output.Year = $Monitor.YearOfManufacture

            $output

            $output = "" | Select-Object -Property Computer, Manufacturer, ProductCode, SerialNumber, Name, Week, Year

        } #END internal foreach loop

} # END foreach loop

# Export result to CSV file

$BigOutput | Export-Csv C:\GetMonitorSN.csv

Enjoy!