Hi everybody,
I'm looking for a way of getting a machine-specific string on windows, something like cpu or hard drive or bios serial #. It has to be implemented in c, not c++. I've already browsed the api quite a lot but I'm not sure (and I don't know windows that much - I'm doing a win32 port of a linux app.) So, well, any clue would be quite appreciated...
Thanks in advance.
manutm
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Jump to PostAre you looking to tie your program to that specific machine, or are you just looking for something which is unique?
If it's the latter, then consider a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uuid
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Are you looking to tie your program to that specific machine, or are you just looking for something which is unique?
If it's the latter, then consider a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uuid
manutm
Using uuid seems the best way, thank you for your help.
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