Re: Processor Serial Number

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From: Alan Bellingham
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:18

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Christophe MINETTI <cminetti@ulb.ac.be> wrote:

>I would loke to know if there is any API function that could give me the
>Serial Number of the processor ?

'The' processor?

Is it necessary to know for sure, or would you not care that the result
would be extremely unreliable? Not all processors have serial numbers,
and even for the ones that do, the BIOS frequently allows the serial
number to be hidden from software.

Alan Bellingham
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ACCU Conference: 11-14 April 2007 - Paramount Oxford Hotel

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