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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
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To: James MacDonald <trill AT netbook DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 15:11:40 +0000
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Subject: Re: Obtaining system ID with DJGPP
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James MacDonald <trill AT netbook DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> wrote:

> I'd like to be able to obtain a unique system ID for computers. This
> system ID should stay the same, but be unique.
> 
> I propose to read the MBR and boot sector of the hard drive, combine the
> 512 byte buffers together to make a 1024-byte buffer, and then do
> something with that buffer. But what could I do?
> 
> Checksum?
> First x bytes added to last y bytes?
> Pick out ten bytes at position xxx?

Don't do that! What happends if the user changes from Windows 3.1 to Windows 
95? The MBR will be changed! (Fuck Bill idiot crazy man) and your program will 
fail.
You can read the BIOS manufacturer information and combine it with HD model. 
But what happends if the user upgrades your mother or HD? .... (The HDs have a 
serial number).
You can't do much, can you use a file? for example a hiden file in the root ...

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