>Andrei,
>
>AFAIK, what you got with the date is just a valid date with all the other "fields" not filled, you can read about valid datetime formats for WMI here:
>
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/cim_datetime.asp
>
>Also, and keep in mind my AFAIK <g>, any property of any WMI object requires that the hardware manufacturer (or the driver writer) to give the information to WMI, and it seems that your bios did not tell WMI the info about the serial number, maybe if you update the drivers you can get the right info. In my machine, I get this results:

>Caption: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
>CurrentLanguage: n|US|iso8859-1
>Description: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
>Manufacturer: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
>Name: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
>ReleaseDate: 20041111000000.000000+000
>SerialNumber: ps0078358051200003eh00
>SMBIOSBIOSVersion: R03-B2
>SMBIOSMajorVersion: 2
>SMBIOSMinorVersion: 3
>SMBIOSPresent: .T.
>Status: OK
>Version: ACER   - 42302e31

I got:

Caption: Default System BIOS
CurrentLanguage: en|US|iso8859-1
Description: Default System BIOS
Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
Name: Default System BIOS
ReleaseDate: 09/18/2001 12:00:00 AM
SerialNumber: BTDR011
SMBIOSBIOSVersion: A01
SMBIOSMajorVersion: 2
SMBIOSMinorVersion: 3
SMBIOSPresent: .T.
Status: OK
Version: DELL   - 6

We bought it about year and a half ago as reimburshed item. Looks like it has quite and old release date...