disk serial number
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From: richard.townsendrose on 7 Mar 2010 06:45 Hi guys Geoff's function [which we use] uses the GetVolumeInformation fucntion as opposed to Win32_PhysicalMedia Class function. see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364993(VS.85).aspx I do NOT want to change this, as when the hard disk is reformatted, then the serial no is reset - and for our bigger users this means that a project has been completed, and the it dept are running their cleanup routines. i put the check in of 11 chars because that would mean a very very silly answer for a dword - max length is 10. anyway, we have now started testing the two rogue machines - and i susoect that they may both be running some ant-virus or other software which is preventing the serial no being correctly provided.... richard
From: richard.townsendrose on 30 Mar 2010 04:53
Hi guys Geoff's function set the disk as follows cDisk := DiskName() + ":\" this was the cause of my problems... i have simply changed it to use the drive from WorkDir() -> Substr(WorkDir(),1,1)+ ":\" the "rogue" machines were always being driven by the same PERSON, and he was using Windows Explorer the whole time to try and see what was happening to the tdoc installation ... [i think !!!! he may be a leprachaun !] and that was setting the "windows active directory" ... the great text at the start of geoff's function contains the word "ACTIVE" - that was the clue ... richard |