When a user runs my software for the first time I store these four items and then
each time the user tries to access my system I validate that these items are the same.
The MACAddress is causing problems as it returns multiple values.
Which of the other three items will most reliably return the same values every time?
Imports System
Imports System.Management
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Public Class clsComputerInfo
Public Function GetProcessorId() As String
Dim strProcessorId As String = String.Empty
Dim query As New SelectQuery("Win32_processor")
Dim search As New ManagementObjectSearcher(query)
Dim info As ManagementObject
For Each info In search.Get()
strProcessorId = info("processorId").ToString()
Next
Return strProcessorId
End Function
Friend Function GetMACAddress() As String
Dim mc As ManagementClass = New ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration")
Dim moc As ManagementObjectCollection = mc.GetInstances()
Dim MACAddress As String = String.Empty
For Each mo As ManagementObject In moc
If (MACAddress.Equals(String.Empty)) Then
If CBool(mo("IPEnabled")) Then MACAddress = mo("MacAddress").ToString()
mo.Dispose()
End If
MACAddress = MACAddress.Replace(":", String.Empty)
Next
Return MACAddress
End Function
Friend Function GetVolumeSerial(Optional ByVal strDriveLetter As String = "C") As String
Dim disk As ManagementObject = New ManagementObject(String.Format("win32_logicaldisk.deviceid=""{0}:""", strDriveLetter))
disk.Get()
Return disk("VolumeSerialNumber").ToString()
End Function
Friend Function GetMotherBoardID() As String
Dim strMotherBoardID As String = String.Empty
Dim query As New SelectQuery("Win32_BaseBoard")
Dim search As New ManagementObjectSearcher(query)
Dim info As ManagementObject
For Each info In search.Get()
Atleast two of these (Processor and Motherboard ID) should not change so you can base your decision on those two. You can still check for all four but allow users if atleast two of the four match.