How to get PC hardware configuration details.
Some Microsoft apps determine the hardware configuration of the PC they are being installed on in order to prevent users from installing multiple copies. I would like to do the same for my Access apps.
How can you determine the hardware configuration details of a PC? The more info I can get about the configuration, the better.
How can you determine the hardware configuration details of a PC? The more info I can get about the configuration, the better.
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Diskdrives is in sample 11-12.mdb :-)
CPU I haven't found yet, but I'll keep searching :-)
The same booksamples holds however in chapter 4 (sample: 04-10.mdb) a way to secure your .mdb on userlevel....
Nic;o)
CPU I haven't found yet, but I'll keep searching :-)
The same booksamples holds however in chapter 4 (sample: 04-10.mdb) a way to secure your .mdb on userlevel....
Nic;o)
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nico,
I checked out sample 11-12.mdb. All I could see what the drive letters (eg C, D, etc? Is this what you meant by disk drive ID?
I looked for 04-10.mdb, but it only goes up to 4-9.mdb.
I checked out sample 11-12.mdb. All I could see what the drive letters (eg C, D, etc? Is this what you meant by disk drive ID?
I looked for 04-10.mdb, but it only goes up to 4-9.mdb.
11-12: Correct,it's in the text that you can use the GetVolumeInformation for more information.
04-10: Is a text paragraph and I took the window from the Wrkgadm.exe as being part ofa sample :-(
It's a feature for creating a unique identifier based on the Workgroup ID.
Nic;o)
04-10: Is a text paragraph and I took the window from the Wrkgadm.exe as being part ofa sample :-(
It's a feature for creating a unique identifier based on the Workgroup ID.
Nic;o)
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I've found a few internet sites that show you how to get the manufacturer's serial number (not the serial number of the volume, which changes when you reformat) for the hard drives of a PC; eg
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/hard_disk_serialNo.asp
But these methods are coded in vb.net. Does anyone know how to do it in vba?
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/hard_disk_serialNo.asp
But these methods are coded in vb.net. Does anyone know how to do it in vba?
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Thanks pretty good, but I'm was hoping to get more information on the hardware components; eg., the make and model of the:
- CPU
- Disk drives
- hard drive
- etc
That is, the information that you see in the Device Manager panel (Control Panel/ Performance and Maintenance/ System/
Hardware/ Device manager). :-)