Chances nowdays are greater and greater that more than one PC will have the
same NIC, especially in large organisations - as they are able to specify
the PCs that way. Also, some manufacturers ahve just give up preprogramming
them with unique ids.
My suggestion is to use the HD Ser Num and Generate some digits randomly and
then store them in the registry. Or depending on the app, use a central
server to generate the numbers.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2001 15:22
Subject: Re: [DUG]: Unique Machine ID....
Would the HDD ID be acceptable. If so I can post example code.
Robert Martin
Software Engineer
Wild Software Ltd
----- Original Message -----
From: Donovan J. Edye
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 3:09 PM
Subject: [DUG]: Unique Machine ID....
G'Day All,
I know this one has been asked ad nauseum but.....
I need to come up with a unique identifier for a machine. For my purposes
a NIC address would be sufficient. I am willing to wear the small chance
that two network cards would have the same NIC address. However the concern
I do have is for a computer that does not have a NIC but only a dial up
connection. Obviously then there is no NIC address? Can someone comment on
that? Also, if anyone has a relatively simple mechanism to obtain a unique
ID for each machine I would be much obliged.
-- Donovan
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