Locking Application to HDD Sr.No.

[surendra.rajput]

Hi,
can anyone help me with the code or instructions to write a code to
read the HDD sr no and lock my application to this no. for security and
piracy protection of my application.

Thanks a million in advance.

Surendra

 

[Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]]

To read the HDD serial number see:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Languages/Dot_Net/VB_DOT_NET/Q_21346708.html

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[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Add a reference to system.management

Dim moReturn As Management.ManagementObjectCollection
Dim moSearch As Management.ManagementObjectSearcher
Dim mo As Management.ManagementObject

moSearch = New Management.ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from
Win32_LogicalDisk where MediaType = 12")

moReturn = moSearch.Get

For Each mo In moReturn
Debug.WriteLine(mo("Name") & " " & mo("VolumeSerialNumber"))
Next


Ken

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

can anyone help me with the code or instructions to write a code to
read the HDD sr no and lock my application to this no. for security and
piracy protection of my application.

I think this is a bad idea. Harddisks often crash and are replaced by new
disks. Can you afford a 24/7 support hotline?

 

[C-Services Holland b.v.]

To read the HDD serial number see:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Languages/Dot_Net/VB_DOT_NET/Q_21346708.html

Doesn't that just get the serialnr for the partition. Reformat and it's
changed.