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Topic: Help me about HWID

I've tried to get Hardware ID but the result is not what i want.
The screen shows :

ACPI\FIXEDBUTTON\2&DABA3FF&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&1E5E1293&0                                   : Intel(R) 82802 Firmware Hub Device
ACPI\PNP0000\4&1E5E1293&0                                   : Programmable interrupt controller
ACPI\PNP0100\4&1E5E1293&0                                   : System timer
ACPI\PNP0103\4&1E5E1293&0                                   : High Precision Event Timer
ACPI\PNP0200\4&1E5E1293&0                                   : Direct memory access controller
ACPI\PNP0303\4&1E5E1293&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&1E5E1293&0                                   : Standard floppy disk controller
ACPI\PNP0800\4&1E5E1293&0                                   : System speaker
ACPI\PNP0A08\1                                              : PCI bus
ACPI\PNP0B00\4&1E5E1293&0                                   : System CMOS/real time clock
ACPI\PNP0C01\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : System board
ACPI\PNP0C02\1                                              : Motherboard resources
ACPI\PNP0C02\2                                              : Motherboard resources
ACPI\PNP0C02\4                                              : Motherboard resources
ACPI\PNP0C04\4&1E5E1293&0                                   : Numeric data processor
ACPI\PNP0C0C\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Power Button
ACPI\PNP0C0E\2&DABA3FF&0                                    : ACPI Sleep Button
ACPI\PNP0F13\4&1E5E1293&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

As i know, HWID is the unique number generated when Windows is setup and it's like this :
105A-FCF4-09F9-873A-6B1A-4B4A-2004-4B3D

How can i get that number? and may we edit it for our own reasons?

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Re: Help me about HWID

AlloAllo wrote:

As i know, HWID is the unique number generated when Windows is setup and it's like this :
105A-FCF4-09F9-873A-6B1A-4B4A-2004-4B3D

No, it's not.
The HWID (Hardware Identification) number is composed of the manufacturer and the HW model number.
It is only unique as in being assigned to products of the same model range (unless your name is nVidia...).
This is not to be confused with the MAC address of NIC's, which, in theory, are really unique, as no number is assigned twice on any other device.

How can i get that number? and may we edit it for our own reasons?

You sure you aren't referring to the unique identifier numbers of Windows?
Those get assigned to each user account you create and even when you rename it (the account), the number stays the same.
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.
I'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.

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