Re: Uniquely identifying a PC

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From: Yassin
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:50

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   Take a look at the thread: Unique Computer ID 
posted on 28 May 2005



Andrew Emsley <aemsley@no-spam.oxon.uk> wrote:
>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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