how to read hardware info on Win NT

[Bengt Richter]

On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 11:59:07 -0700, Jeff Shannon <jeff at ccvcorp.com> wrote:

>In article <3cb45107.23060437 at news.easynews.net>, stojek at part-
>gmbh.de says...
> 
>> I need the id of my ethernet card for a license documentation tool we
>> want to write in Python. As many commercial softwares are using this
>> id for generating the license keys etc. 
>
>ISTM that this method has potential problems.  What happens if 
>the software is installed on a machine with no ethernet card?  
>What happens if the software is installed, and then the ethernet 
>card is upgraded?  What happens if the entire machine is 
>replaced, and the licensee wishes to install the software on 
>their new machine?
>
More people will migrate to free/open software ;-)

>I have always been leery about the idea of tying software 
>licenses to hardware IDs, because in an upgradable system, there 
>is no guarantee that those IDs will remain constant.
>
Yes, it's a damn nuisance. And end users don't like nuisances, so
hopefully the market will sort it out ;-)

Regards,
Bengt Richter