Identify Virtual Machine

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Here is a script that tries to identify whether it's running on a Virtual machine and saves the result as a registry entry at:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Gorelo\Custom
Name: VMstatus
Value: Physical or Virtual

# Detect whether system is Physical or Virtual using WMI
$manufacturer   = (Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem).manufacturer
$model          = (Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem).model
$bios           = (Get-WmiObject Win32_BIOS).manufacturer

$vmIndicators = @(
    "VMware",
    "Virtual",
    "Hyper-V",
    "KVM",
    "Xen",
    "QEMU",
    "VirtualBox",
    "SeaBIOS"
)

$isVirtual = $false

foreach ($indicator in $vmIndicators) {
    if (
        $manufacturer -match $indicator -or
        $model -match $indicator -or
        $bios -match $indicator
    ) {
        $isVirtual = $true
        break
    }
}

$vmStatus = if ($isVirtual) { "Virtual" } else { "Physical" }

# Registry details
$regPath  = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Gorelo\Custom"
$regName  = "VMstatus"

# Ensure registry path exists
if (-not (Test-Path $regPath)) {
    New-Item -Path $regPath -Force | Out-Null
}

# Create or update registry value
New-ItemProperty `
    -Path $regPath `
    -Name $regName `
    -Value $vmStatus `
    -PropertyType String `
    -Force | Out-Null

# Optional output
Write-Output "ComputerSystem identified as $manufacturer / $model"
Write-Output "BIOS identified as $bios"
Write-Output "VMstatus set to $vmStatus"

# Detect whether system is Physical or Virtual using WMI
$manufacturer   = (Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem).manufacturer
$model          = (Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem).model
$bios           = (Get-WmiObject Win32_BIOS).manufacturer

$vmIndicators = @(
    "VMware",
    "Virtual",
    "Hyper-V",
    "KVM",
    "Xen",
    "QEMU",
    "VirtualBox",
    "SeaBIOS"
)

$isVirtual = $false

foreach ($indicator in $vmIndicators) {
    if (
        $manufacturer -match $indicator -or
        $model -match $indicator -or
        $bios -match $indicator
    ) {
        $isVirtual = $true
        break
    }
}

$vmStatus = if ($isVirtual) { "Virtual" } else { "Physical" }

# Registry details
$regPath  = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Gorelo\Custom"
$regName  = "VMstatus"

# Ensure registry path exists
if (-not (Test-Path $regPath)) {
    New-Item -Path $regPath -Force | Out-Null
}

# Create or update registry value
New-ItemProperty `
    -Path $regPath `
    -Name $regName `
    -Value $vmStatus `
    -PropertyType String `
    -Force | Out-Null

# Optional output
Write-Output "ComputerSystem identified as $manufacturer / $model"
Write-Output "BIOS identified as $bios"
Write-Output "VMstatus set to $vmStatus"

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Identify Virtual Machine

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# Detect whether system is Physical or Virtual using WMI
$manufacturer   = (Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem).manufacturer
$model          = (Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem).model
$bios           = (Get-WmiObject Win32_BIOS).manufacturer

$vmIndicators = @(
    "VMware",
    "Virtual",
    "Hyper-V",
    "KVM",
    "Xen",
    "QEMU",
    "VirtualBox",
    "SeaBIOS"
)

$isVirtual = $false

foreach ($indicator in $vmIndicators) {
    if (
        $manufacturer -match $indicator -or
        $model -match $indicator -or
        $bios -match $indicator
    ) {
        $isVirtual = $true
        break
    }
}

$vmStatus = if ($isVirtual) { "Virtual" } else { "Physical" }

# Registry details
$regPath  = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Gorelo\Custom"
$regName  = "VMstatus"

# Ensure registry path exists
if (-not (Test-Path $regPath)) {
    New-Item -Path $regPath -Force | Out-Null
}

# Create or update registry value
New-ItemProperty `
    -Path $regPath `
    -Name $regName `
    -Value $vmStatus `
    -PropertyType String `
    -Force | Out-Null

# Optional output
Write-Output "ComputerSystem identified as $manufacturer / $model"
Write-Output "BIOS identified as $bios"
Write-Output "VMstatus set to $vmStatus"

# Detect whether system is Physical or Virtual using WMI
$manufacturer   = (Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem).manufacturer
$model          = (Get-WmiObject win32_computersystem).model
$bios           = (Get-WmiObject Win32_BIOS).manufacturer

$vmIndicators = @(
    "VMware",
    "Virtual",
    "Hyper-V",
    "KVM",
    "Xen",
    "QEMU",
    "VirtualBox",
    "SeaBIOS"
)

$isVirtual = $false

foreach ($indicator in $vmIndicators) {
    if (
        $manufacturer -match $indicator -or
        $model -match $indicator -or
        $bios -match $indicator
    ) {
        $isVirtual = $true
        break
    }
}

$vmStatus = if ($isVirtual) { "Virtual" } else { "Physical" }

# Registry details
$regPath  = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Gorelo\Custom"
$regName  = "VMstatus"

# Ensure registry path exists
if (-not (Test-Path $regPath)) {
    New-Item -Path $regPath -Force | Out-Null
}

# Create or update registry value
New-ItemProperty `
    -Path $regPath `
    -Name $regName `
    -Value $vmStatus `
    -PropertyType String `
    -Force | Out-Null

# Optional output
Write-Output "ComputerSystem identified as $manufacturer / $model"
Write-Output "BIOS identified as $bios"
Write-Output "VMstatus set to $vmStatus"

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