[Tut]Generate Your Own HardwareID

[NextGen1]

Generating your own Hardware ID/Fingerprint for use with your software.

Note:As always, Please open Visual Basic.net and follow along. You won't learn anything by Copy and pasting the code :hidesmile:

Note:I already know what the "New to VB" or """"Pro Vb"""" Users are going to say... This is not a Microsoft Generated HardwareID , Answer to that is "I KNOW!" , ©Microsoft has a whole article about how they use a combination of Harddrive Serial and other serials (because they are different to the hardrive/processor/board..etc)A good read for this type of "application security", However..Every company has it's own way of generating a HardwareID/FingerPrint, My tutorial is how to get the serial (which is different for each board and etc, and use it as a UnigueID, You can (if you like) create a complex algorithm that uses this data to further this concept....(which is similiar to the concept used by commercial dll's like AZsdk [or whatever it is called]

• Create a New Windows Form Application

What you need on a form is

• A Texbox (setMutiline to true)
• 3 Buttons

1. Set Button1 Text as "&TextBox" ' This button will display a list of "ID" in the Texbox
2. Set Button2 text as "&MsgBox" ' This will display them in a MessageBox
3. Set Button3 text as "E&xit" ' This will exit your application

Note: I added two methods to demonstrate this is very flexable

You should have something that looks like this.

[IMG]https://i111.photobucke*****m/albums/n121/golmor/image1.png[/IMG]

Code Part

Here is the code you will need for this to work


Button Click Event for "Textbox"

[IMG]https://i111.photobucke*****m/albums/n121/golmor/code2.png[/IMG]

(start typing leechers )

Same code for the msgbox button, Only change

This part of the code

Textbox1.text = htext

to

Msgbox(htext)

and that is pretty much the extent of it

here is the end results

[IMG]https://i111.photobucke*****m/albums/n121/golmor/2-1.png[/IMG]

[IMG]https://i111.photobucke*****m/albums/n121/golmor/3-1.png[/IMG]

You can use the serials as a UnigueID or Create a Simple(or complex) algorithm to create a new ID either way, hope this helps

[2vivi]

thanks this could be useful

if i try to make a "algorithm" how can i edit the serials after program is done??

[NextGen1]

thanks this could be useful

if i try to make a "algorithm" how can i edit the serials after program is done??

What do you mean by "edit the serials" they are static and can't be changed

[mnpeepno2]

well u can change them in the registry to fool the computer
/thanked

[2vivi]

What do you mean by "edit the serials" they are static and can't be changed

i mean like i make a program and i want it to be used by certain people (prevent lechers).. i put in sorta like a login that checks if the serials on that computer match the 1ns on the program

could i use a php and edit it later if i want to add more computers that can access the program??

[NextGen1]

i mean like i make a program and i want it to be used by certain people (prevent lechers).. i put in sorta like a login that checks if the serials on that computer match the 1ns on the program

could i use a php and edit it later if i want to add more computers that can access the program??

You can have the software set to auto update
You can use .Txt
You can use a database

etc.

If you need it more detailed, let me know, I'll make a tut (if need be)

[Zoom]

Again, good job!

[hopefordope]

how did u get the round and kool looking buttons

[hopefordope]

Sorry Double post

[NextGen1]

You can always PM me with questions about UI as it is "Off topic"

However, that is a Component, you can do the same thing with images though if you don't want to spend the money

[NextGen1]

---Lag, I double posted----

[RawVb]

Hey can you add me on msn, I tried to get this to work earlier but I got a null response.

My msn is Chambers.ry@gmail.com . Im trying it again, Oh and a Pm will work too, it's just that msn is faster.

[XGelite]

so i guess this would be useful if you sold your software and did not want them to distribute it.

[Hell_Demon]

Hey can you add me on msn, I tried to get this to work earlier but I got a null response.

My msn is Chambers.ry@gmail.com . Im trying it again, Oh and a Pm will work too, it's just that msn is faster.

Expect to have your mail bombed in about 30 minutes when I'm at home

[mnpeepno2]

hehehe me too!