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OK. suppose the app is provided with a PC. ... ...
let's come back to the technics. what's wrong with DeviceIoControl(...)
which always returns error?


"Pete Fraser" <pete._no_spam_fraser@frasersoft.nospam.net> wrote in message
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> And only the OS can know when only a few of those items have changed
> in one go as it's the only piece of software that's run every time.
> If your app is only run once a year and several things get changed between
> running it, then your customers could be very unhappy.
> I wouldn't buy anything that was locked like that (apart from WinXP)
> Rgds Pete
>
> "Alan Bellingham" <alanb@episys.com> wrote in message
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> > "zhan wei ming" <zhanweiming@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>what I want to do is to get unique id for a specific computer, to
protect
> >>my
> >>application.
> >
> > Tricky.
> >
> > Tonight, I'm upgrading my computer by replacing the hard drives. Am I to
> > assume that your application would then refuse to run on it afterwards?
> >
> > I suspect that a 'proper' solution would involve attempting to get a
> > unique ID for the processor, every drive visible, the network card and
> > anything else available, and then continue as long as all of those
> > haven't changed in one go.
> >
> > Alan Bellingham
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>
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