void hardware()
{
        DWORD cb = 512;
    char buff[cb];
    HKEY hKey = 0;    
    const char* elements[] = {"Identifier", "VideoBiosVersion", "SystemBiosVersion",  "VideoBiosDate",  "SystemBiosDate",  "Configuration Data", "Component Information"};
    char* values[6];    
    if (RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "HARDWARE\\DESCRIPTION\\System",0, KEY_READ, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS) 
    {        
        for(int i=0;i<7;i++)
        {            
            if(RegQueryValueEx(hKey, elements[i], NULL, NULL, (BYTE*)&buff, &cb) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
            {
                values[i] = buff;            
                printf("%s: %s\n", elements[i], values[i]);                
            }
            else
            {
                values[i] = "\0";
                printf("%s: %s (failed)\n", elements[i], values[i]);
            }            
        }        
    }
    else
    {
        printf("eric fail!\n");
    }    
}