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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Help me about HWID]]></title>
			<link>http://forum.driverpacks.net/viewtopic.php?pid=14890#p14890</link>
			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>AlloAllo wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>As i know, HWID is the unique number generated when Windows is setup and it&#039;s like this :<br />105A-FCF4-09F9-873A-6B1A-4B4A-2004-4B3D</p></blockquote></div><p>No, it&#039;s not.<br />The HWID (Hardware Identification) number is composed of the manufacturer and the HW model number.<br />It is only unique as in being assigned to products of the same model range (unless your name is nVidia...).<br />This is not to be confused with the MAC address of NIC&#039;s, which, in theory, are really unique, as no number is assigned twice on any other device.</p><div class="quotebox"><blockquote><p>How can i get that number? and may we edit it for our own reasons?</p></blockquote></div><p>You sure you aren&#039;t referring to the unique identifier numbers of Windows?<br />Those get assigned to each user account you create and even when you rename it (the account), the number stays the same.<br />Since the number is taken from a random number generator (with seeds based on your HW config as well as current time and date of the creation IIRC), it can be regarded as de-facto unique.<br />I&#039;m not sure whether or how you can change that (why would you want to, Windows is using this to properly recognize user accounts); in any case, that question is certainly not related to drivers or HW so you may find better help at a Windows-centered forum.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Help me about HWID]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>I&#039;ve tried to get Hardware ID but the result is not what i want.<br />The screen shows :<br /></p><div class="codebox"><pre><code>ACPI\FIXEDBUTTON\2&amp;DABA3FF&amp;0                                : ACPI Fixed Feature Button
ACPI\GENUINEINTEL_-_X86_FAMILY_15_MODEL_6\_0                : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
ACPI\GENUINEINTEL_-_X86_FAMILY_15_MODEL_6\_1                : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz
ACPI\INT0800\4&amp;1E5E1293&amp;0                                   : Intel(R) 82802 Firmware Hub Device
ACPI\PNP0000\4&amp;1E5E1293&amp;0                                   : Programmable interrupt controller
ACPI\PNP0100\4&amp;1E5E1293&amp;0                                   : System timer
ACPI\PNP0103\4&amp;1E5E1293&amp;0                                   : High Precision Event Timer
ACPI\PNP0200\4&amp;1E5E1293&amp;0                                   : Direct memory access controller
ACPI\PNP0303\4&amp;1E5E1293&amp;0                                   : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
ACPI\PNP0400\1                                              : Printer Port (LPT1)
ACPI\PNP0501\1                                              : Communications Port (COM1)
ACPI\PNP0700\4&amp;1E5E1293&amp;0                                   : Standard floppy disk controller
ACPI\PNP0800\4&amp;1E5E1293&amp;0                                   : System speaker
ACPI\PNP0A08\1                                              : PCI bus
ACPI\PNP0B00\4&amp;1E5E1293&amp;0                                   : System CMOS/real time clock
ACPI\PNP0C01\2&amp;DABA3FF&amp;0                                    : System board
ACPI\PNP0C02\1                                              : Motherboard resources
ACPI\PNP0C02\2                                              : Motherboard resources
ACPI\PNP0C02\4                                              : Motherboard resources
ACPI\PNP0C04\4&amp;1E5E1293&amp;0                                   : Numeric data processor
ACPI\PNP0C0C\2&amp;DABA3FF&amp;0                                    : ACPI Power Button
ACPI\PNP0C0E\2&amp;DABA3FF&amp;0                                    : ACPI Sleep Button
ACPI\PNP0F13\4&amp;1E5E1293&amp;0                                   : PS/2 Compatible Mouse
ACPI\THERMALZONE\THRM                                       : ACPI Thermal Zone
ACPI_HAL\PNP0C08\0                                          : Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System
ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000                                          : ACPI Multiprocessor PC</code></pre></div><p>As i know, HWID is the unique number generated when Windows is setup and it&#039;s like this :<br />105A-FCF4-09F9-873A-6B1A-4B4A-2004-4B3D</p><p>How can i get that number? and may we edit it for our own reasons?</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 11:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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