Computer identification

[Ian King]

I have created an Acces database that I want to prevent being copied to
other machines. Does anyone know a way of generating a unique key for each
machine, maybe by uniquely identifying each machine?

Many thanks

Ian King

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

I have created an Acces database that I want to prevent being copied to
other machines. Does anyone know a way of generating a unique key for each
machine, maybe by uniquely identifying each machine?

Each machine has a unique MAC address:

http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?code/network/macaddress.htm

and hard drive volume label:

http://www.mvps.org/access/general/gen0030.htm

Generally, anti-copy methods only stop honest folks and create resentment
for your products when something goes wrong.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access