"Gonzalo Urday <gurday@negenex.com> wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> First I would like to thank you to all those that helped me in my previous
> question. I was wondering if there is a built in object in VEE that
> identifies a PCs unique identifier such as MAC address or something that
> cannot be changed easily by a user. this in order to generate software
> licenses....any help would be greatly appreciated.
No - there is no built-in object that directly does that.
However the "execute program" object will do what you want since
it is quite doable from a command line.
About the only truely unique identifier that can;t be changed on your
computer is the CPU ID. Unfortunately the major flap a few years
back when the public found out about this identifier all but precludes
its usage.
Your next best bet is- as you suggest- the MAC address.
This is readily available from "ipconfig" and as long as you stay
away from all software-defined MAC's it is secure enough for most
purposes.
Once you figure out what you want, and how to do it from a command
line, then implement using the "execute program" object.
regards
Stan
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> Hello all:
>
> First I would like to thank you to all those that helped me in my previous
> question. I was wondering if there is a built in object in VEE that
> identifies a PCs unique identifier such as MAC address or something that
> cannot be changed easily by a user. this in order to generate software
> licenses....any help would be greatly appreciated.
No - there is no built-in object that directly does that.
However the "execute program" object will do what you want since
it is quite doable from a command line.
About the only truely unique identifier that can;t be changed on your
computer is the CPU ID. Unfortunately the major flap a few years
back when the public found out about this identifier all but precludes
its usage.
Your next best bet is- as you suggest- the MAC address.
This is readily available from "ipconfig" and as long as you stay
away from all software-defined MAC's it is secure enough for most
purposes.
Once you figure out what you want, and how to do it from a command
line, then implement using the "execute program" object.
regards
Stan
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To add to what Stan offered, you can also use a simple DIR command
and pick up the hard drive's unique serial number. Not that it can't
be changed, but it's very rare if it ever is. You can use it WITH
other identifiers to give you a pretty good "snapshot" of a person's
system and know if it is not his anymore that you are running on.
Cheers!
Mike Groves
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From: Stan Bischof (Richard S) [mailto:rsb@soco.agilent.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 12:12 PM
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Subject: [vrf] Re: lan id...other unique identifiers
"Gonzalo Urday" <gurday@negenex.com> wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> First I would like to thank you to all those that helped me in my previous
> question. I was wondering if there is a built in object in VEE that
> identifies a PCs unique identifier such as MAC address or something that
> cannot be changed easily by a user. this in order to generate software
> licenses....any help would be greatly appreciated.
No - there is no built-in object that directly does that.
However the "execute program" object will do what you want since
it is quite doable from a command line.
About the only truely unique identifier that can;t be changed on your
computer is the CPU ID. Unfortunately the major flap a few years
back when the public found out about this identifier all but precludes
its usage.
Your next best bet is- as you suggest- the MAC address.
This is readily available from "ipconfig" and as long as you stay
away from all software-defined MAC's it is secure enough for most
purposes.
Once you figure out what you want, and how to do it from a command
line, then implement using the "execute program" object.
regards
Stan
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