topic Re: Hardware key for Windwos Machines in Operating System - Microsoft

Hardware key for Windwos Machines

Khalid A. Al-Tayaran — Sun, 18 May 2003 12:29:49 GMT

Hi,

Is there a way to generate or get a unique hardway key on windows machines (other than the MAC address) such as some software that require a hardware activation key?? and how?? examples??

Re: Hardware key for Windwos Machines

Ted Kanemori — Mon, 19 May 2003 04:28:25 GMT

Can you tell us a little more about what you are trying to accomplish? The MAC address is "burnt" onto the network interface card. You don't usually try to change it. The IP address that you choose to use is a "unique" address that identifies your system. This hardware activation "key". Are you trying to lock your system so nobody can use the system? Or are you trying to prevent someone from using an application? Please tell us more so we can understand what you need. Ted

Re: Hardware key for Windwos Machines

Khalid A. Al-Tayaran — Mon, 19 May 2003 05:45:55 GMT

Hi,

I need a to write programs to keep records of computers I use or sell. In other words if a customer brings his PC for maint. I can just run this program to get all info related to this customer and his PC........

Re: Hardware key for Windwos Machines

Khalid A. Al-Tayaran — Mon, 19 May 2003 06:08:41 GMT

Another example is for software use use authorization. A software can't work unless this hardware key is entered.

Re: Hardware key for Windwos Machines

Khalid A. Al-Tayaran — Mon, 19 May 2003 06:11:03 GMT

Let me call this number the unique machine identification number.......

Re: Hardware key for Windwos Machines

Ted Kanemori — Mon, 19 May 2003 16:07:03 GMT

Hi,
When I sell a system, I have records of what I sold. It's in the form of a data base record and a hard copy of the invoice. The other part of your answer gives me the impression that you'd like to be able to load software on a system but before the "customer" can use it, they'd have to get/buy an activation code/key from you?????? Are you talking about things like shareware, that is actually an evaluation copy (good for XX number of days or XX number of uses)???????

Re: Hardware key for Windwos Machines

Jose Antonio Orozco — Mon, 19 May 2003 21:28:02 GMT

some time ago i use SisoftSANDRA, its a HW & SW inventory tool, and exports all to html
http://www.sisoftware.co.uk/sandra