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Re: serial number

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From: john blackburn
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:23
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Fabi� wrote:

> is there any component to get a serial number to identify a pc?

I don't think so; Dell for one (and probably others) has a readable asset
tag but it is proprietary.  

There are several things you can do, however, like register its MAC address;
this is probably the most straight forward.  Nothing will be perfect but
this works.
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