Uniquely identifying a PC

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From: Andrew Emsley
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:56

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Hi,

Is there anyway in which my application can uniquely identify the PC on 
which it is running without having to ask the user to identify it?  I 
had thought of using the MAC address on the network card, but some PCs 
may not have a network card.  Does the processor have a unique ID, or is 
there something else that is commonly used?

Thanks

Andrew

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