CPU Serial Number

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Using VS.Net 2000 and C#
How can I get the
CPU Serial Number and the
Operating Syatem Serial Number
Thanks in advance,
Paul
 
PaulThomas said:
Using VS.Net 2000 and C#
How can I get the
CPU Serial Number and the
Operating Syatem Serial Number
Thanks in advance,
Paul
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Do CPU's still have a unique ID? I don't think AMD cpu's ever had one to
begin with.

"In late-April, 2000, Intel quietly let it be known that future
processors, starting with the Williamette family of processors, would
not include the Processor Serial Number. Pentium-III processors still
have the PSN installed."

Source: http://www.cdt.org/privacy/issues/pentium3/
 
What about the Operating Syatem Serial Number
Windows does still have serial numbers (doesn't it?)
I am looking for a unique way to identify the user accessing my web site.
I know that I can (and I am) capturing the IP address, but I wanted to take
it down to the actual PC.
Thanks,
Paul
 
Paul,

There is AFAIK only one option and that the MAC address from the network
adapter.

This works of course only with computers with a Lan adapter, however that
are more and more all portables and desktops. You have of course to find a
solution when those change, however that is with a processor as well..

I hope this helps,

Cor
 
PaulThomas said:
What about the Operating Syatem Serial Number
Windows does still have serial numbers (doesn't it?)
I am looking for a unique way to identify the user accessing my web site.
I know that I can (and I am) capturing the IP address, but I wanted to take
it down to the actual PC.
Thanks,
Paul
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Browsers can't access that kind of information (or they shouldn't be
able to). What you can check is the IP address, which you do and from
that the MAC address which should capture dial-up differences. In most
cases you wouldn't even get the IP from the computer itself, but from
the router that is used. If you want to go any further you'd have to
write some sort of plugin for the browser(s) that somehow collects more
info, but noone in their right mind would install anything like that
(spyware ring a bell?).
 
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