can u please tell me how can i
- Take hard disk serial number
- Take windows serial number
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Browse All TopicsI have created an MFC based application ... before distribution purpose i want to develop a setup program that can register the required DLLs ... +++ i want to secure my application so that it could run only on specific pc
and if the mfc exe is copy paste to other pc it stop working and ask for the key or password
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Well known links about hard disk serial numbers:
http://www.codeguru.com/Cp
http://www.winsim.com/disk
Windows serial number can be found in registry, it depends on operating system
there are hardware awailable for this purpose. this hardware plug into parallel port and if this hardware is not attached your programme will not run.
like
http://www.ealaddin.com/ha
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by: jaime_olivaresPosted on 2004-06-09 at 07:44:55ID: 11270395
You have many alternatives:
- Store a registry entry in a usual or hidden place
- Store some data in a file in a usual or hidden place
- Take hard disk serial number and put this info in the places mentioned above
- Take windows serial number and put this info in the places mentioned above
All alternatives avoid a user to copy and paste the .exe in another machine