A simple method that I use is to use the "system exec command" and issue the "set" command from the dos prompt in win2k. From there you can pick off the username logged into the computer. You can try this manually by going into the "start" and then "run" menus of windows. Next, type "command" at the pop-up box. Once the dos shell name comes up, type "set". Look for username and you can do a match pattern off "username". I just tried this a moment ago and noticed that you can also see the "computer name" as well. If "command" does not work with your version of windows, try using "cmd".
Scott -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Craig Graham Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 2:32 P To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Uniquely identifying computers ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Porter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 6:52 PM Subject: Uniquely identifying computers > Is there a way to read from a LabVIEW executable any sort of value that will > uniquely identify one particular computer? The computers will be from > unknown vendors, but all running some version of Windows. MAC address of the ethernet card? Try ipconfig /all from a command prompt. Obviously won't work if the ethernet card is swapped out at some point, so whether it's useful or not depends on what you're actually wanting to do. -- Dr. Craig Graham, Software Engineer Advanced Analysis and Integration Limited, UK. http://www.aail.co.uk/
