This value won't change even if you format your Hard Drive. BackgroundĪ better solution is to get the Hard Drive Serial Number given by the Manufacturer. This is not a good choice, as later we all find out that every time we format the same hard drive, a new Volume Serial Number is generated. One method programmers have used since the DOS era was to bind their software to the Hard Drive Volume Serial Number. For the rest of us, we have to think of other ways. Of course, only big companies with big clients can afford to do this. This 1% is the verification algorithm to confirm only valid users can use the program this is commonly known as “activation.”Īctivation is good, but it means our software users will need to have Internet access and that means small programmers like us have to set up a server that can validate users.
He suggested that we give users 99% of our software, but keep the remaining 1% to ourselves. My professor once said that we shouldn’t give 100% of our code to the users because there are people out there that are smart enough to decompile our programs and find the various verification algorithms used. This freeware can work under Windows 7, both 32bits and 64bits version, not need the XP Mode under Windows 7, program is very small, it can run directly from one Flash USB disk.Making sure your software is used by legal buyers is a concern for programmers around the world. Please note, this serial number of hard disk is not hardware serial number set by the manufacturer, the hardware serial number value won't change even if you format your hard drive. This program can work with file systems: NTFS, FAT, and FAT32, it is available for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows 2000/2003/NT server, Windows server 2008, Windows Vista and Windows 7. After program change serial number, you need reboot PC to apply it correctly.
the total length should be nine and using upper case char. The standard serial number format is XXXX-XXXX, using HEX symbols 0-9, A, B, C, D, E, F. Hard Disk Serial Number Changer is one small freeware to change the hard drive serial number, this disk serial number is generated by Windows when you format a disk partition, many software and programs be bind to this serial number, with this small disk tool, you can get a new hard drive volume serial number right now, without reformatting your hard drive.
I tried this in order to wotk with USBDLM but othrs may find it useful.
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