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What is a machine id

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Name: pban92
Date: June 24, 2009 at 06:43:16 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
Subcategory: General
Comment:

What is a machine id? How to view my machine id?

Thanks!



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Response Number 1
Name: XpUser
Date: June 24, 2009 at 07:08:37 Pacific
Reply:

Did you google?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=machine+id+win...

i_Xp/VistaUser


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Response Number 2
Name: Razor2.3
Date: June 24, 2009 at 07:34:41 Pacific
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Machines don't have ids, silly person. The id, along with the ego and super-ego are functions of the human mind.


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Response Number 3
Name: Chuck 2
Date: June 24, 2009 at 07:45:07 Pacific
Reply:

We need more people to Google.
That increases the value of my Google stock price


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Response Number 4
Name: pban92
Date: June 24, 2009 at 10:20:25 Pacific
Reply:

xpuser: did you read the google results? Nice animation..wonder how to do it.. :-/
razor2.3: ok unsilly person, now you can play with your barbie
chuck 2: google what price?


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Response Number 5
Name: Razor2.3
Date: June 24, 2009 at 11:03:29 Pacific
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pban92: xpuser: did you read the google results? Nice animation..wonder how to do it.. :-/
Magics! Also, I see your point. There are many results about Machine IDs, but nothing on the machine's id.

pban92: razor2.3: ok unsilly person, now you can play with your barbie
Joy!

pban92: chuck 2: google what price?
Google, Inc. stock is currently trading for $410.90

Also, if you want better answers, try clarifying your question, or provide some context.


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Response Number 6
Name: upstandingnetizen
Date: June 24, 2009 at 16:36:31 Pacific
Reply:

A machine ID is an ID. You know....for a machine. So you can ID it. The machine, that is.


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Response Number 7
Name: SkipCox
Date: June 24, 2009 at 17:12:21 Pacific
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Nice one upstandingnetizen; but, I didn't know politicians were allowed on these forums.

Learn something every day. :)

Skip


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Response Number 8
Name: pban92
Date: June 25, 2009 at 02:04:03 Pacific
Reply:

Arabic version:
He who knows not and knows not that he knows not, is a fool
He who knows not and knows that he knows not, is ignorant
He who knows and knows not that he knows, is asleep
He who knows and knows that he knows, is a wise man

Wondering...how about who knows that he knows not but act smarty pant like he knows, what to call him..? computing.net wannabe expert? lmao

Got a scratch idea about machine ID from here http://www.mathworks.co.uk/support/...

Thanks all.


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Response Number 9
Name: Razor2.3
Date: June 25, 2009 at 09:38:45 Pacific
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pban92: how about who knows that he knows not but act smarty pant like he knows, what to call him..?
I'd call him incapable of reading your mind.


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Response Number 10
Name: pban92
Date: June 25, 2009 at 10:04:35 Pacific
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Razor: good effort..but then sorry, if it offended you : (


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Response Number 11
Name: worldlibrary
Date: June 26, 2009 at 10:59:07 Pacific
Reply:

You could download a program called everest......it is free
Look in the computer dmi system section and there is you unique id


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Response Number 12
Name: hardhead
Date: June 26, 2009 at 13:09:48 Pacific
Reply:

There are several:

The machine ID is a unique number/letter identification made up of the user/owners name and the identification of several other installed components such as the operating system and CPU identifier and I believe the NAT card Identifier as well and the motherboard

It can be viewed by going to the System Properties
( My Computer > Properties) and looking under the registered owner...the 20 digit String is your computer ID..

It cannot be changed or altered. Doing so would cause computer to stop responding and cause windows to become unactivated...similar to changing too many hardware devices.

What you might be referring to is the computer name an it
It can be viewed and changed by going to
My Computer > properties > Computer Name tab and you will see the Full Computer Name to change it click the change button.

For networking purposes the computer ID is your MAC or Physical address and can be found by:

start > run and type cmd enter
and in the command prompt type ipconfig /all and look for the 12 digit code for the physical address.


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Response Number 13
Name: pban92
Date: June 26, 2009 at 15:14:03 Pacific
Reply:

World and Hard, thanks to both of you..
People like you are the reasons why this site works like a charm!

Cheers!


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Response Number 14
Name: OtheHill
Date: June 26, 2009 at 15:37:07 Pacific
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FYI, Everest is obsolete. Try SIW.exe instead. Get it at the link below.

http://www.gtopala.com/siw-download...


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