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Unique Hardware ID
Name: jabir Date: February 7, 2005 at 09:30:00 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 CPU/Ram: 510
Comment:
I would like to know if there is a processor ID for P4 processors. Cause in another forum i read that processors after PIII dont have Seerial numbers. I need to identify evey system uniquely plz suggest.
Name: StuartS Date: February 7, 2005 at 09:44:28 Pacific
Reply:
All processor have a processor ID which identifies the type of processor.
The PIII did have a unique ID serial number but it caused such an outcry that Intel were forced to turn it off.
Uniquely identifying a particular system is not easy. There is no foolproof way of doing it. Read up on how Microsoft do it for their product activation and you see how complicated it is and even then it can be defeated.
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