Shows you how to obtain the hardware serial number set by the manufacturer and not the Volume Serial Number that changes after you format a hard drive. It helps you to retrieve hard disk serial number. Get Hard Drive Serial Number of each hard disks. Successful to get HDD Serial Number in Delphi, C+.
IDE Serial Number does not match Licence Serial Number
I just ordered a boundle key. This is because I have reinstalled all my Delphi versions on a new computer. I installed RAD Studio XE4, RAD Studio XE2 and RAD Studio XE In RAD Studio XE I want to install Intraweb XI. I followed the instructions and first uninstalled Intraweb and then did a install but the install does not not accept the key. The install is called IW11.0.60.exe Please help me. This is very important. /Mikael ...
Get Hard Disk Serial Number Delphi XE3
I have been using this great component from Devlib for many years in D7, D2010 and XE2 http://www.devlib.net/tgetdiskserial.htm The Delphi XE3 VCL installs without problem, but in an application the GetDiskSerial registrations are not recognised and Delphi... crashes (Close down)! They claim it works but not on my computer. Please install this and report if it works on your Delphi XE3 system? > {quote:title=Pieter van Wyk wrote:}{quote} > Please install this and report if it works on your Delphi XE3 system? I looked as far as the 'buy' button and just started laughing...
VS ide / delphi ide key map
I'm quit lost in VS ide, F9 run, F8 / F7 Ctrl+Alt+P for tool pallet and the fast find when you type component name F11 to switch to code view / object inspector, the ability to navigate in the object inspector with tab and writing property name. Will someone make a Delphi to VS guide? -- Henning Swiboda wrote: > I'm quit lost in VS ide, F9 run, F8 / F7 > Ctrl+Alt+P for tool pallet and the fast find when you type component > name > F11 to switch to code view / object inspector, the ability to navigate > in the object inspector with tab and writing propert...
Hard Disk Serial Number
Hi All, I there any one who can tell me how to get a Hard Disk Serial number(Volum Number). Thanks PS: I am really appreciate if you could give me the code. GetVolumeInformationA. Here's the declaration for it: FUNCTION boolean GetVolumeInformationA( string lpRootPathName, // address of root directory of the file system REF string lpVolumeNameBuffer, // address of name of the volume ulong nVolumeNameSize, // length of lpVolumeNameBuffer REF ulong lpVolumeSerialNumber, // address of volume serial number REF ulong lpMaximumCompon...
Comparison between Visual Studio 2008 IDE and Delphi 2010 IDE?
Hi, I wonder which is more programmer friendly. Especially for syntax highlighting and fast code writting, viewing.. Thanks.. Mehmet Fide wrote: > Hi, > > I wonder which is more programmer friendly. Especially for syntax > highlighting and fast code writting, viewing.. > > > Thanks.. See 'RAD Studio 2010 vs. Visual Studio 2010' in non-technical group. -- Warm Regards, Lee ...
My IDE hard disk not detected by LiveCD
Hello all. First time poster, so I'll try not to screw up too badly. =) Anyhow, I'm using the LiveDVD of openSUSE 11.0, and as the title says, my plain ol' IDE hard disk is not being detected by install. lspci, however, confirms that my IDE controller is being detected, and my optical drive and ZIP drive are fine, as well. I have no SATA devices in my system, although my mainboard (Asus P4S800D-X) has an onboard SiS SATA controller which is disabled in the BIOS. If anyone has any helpful advice to impart, please do so. This problem is beginning to drive me batty. =) ...
Get real serial no. for hard disk
Hi all how can I get the real serial no for hard disk, I know there is API function called GetVolumeInformation but I want the real serial no. how can I get it I am using PB11.5 and ASA11 thanks finestraco http://www.rgagnon.com/pbdetails/pb-0214.html You will need to change the definition to GetVolumeInformationW instead of GetVolumeInformationA because PB 10+ is Unicode. -- Report Bugs to Sybase: http://case-express.sybase.com/cx/welcome.do Product Enhancement Requests: http://my.isug.com/cgi-bin/1/c/submit_enhancement <finestraco> wrote in message news:4c0a...
How to get hard disk serial number for NT
For windows 95 and 98, I can use an API call 'GetVolumeInformationA' to get the hard disk number of a local hard-disk. However it does not work for NT 4.0 workstation and servers. The serial number returned is '0000-0000' which is incorrect. Please advice if there is another specific API call for getting serial number from a NT 4.0 workstation. Tilden That function is supposed to work on NT as well. However, the function itself has a bug with regard to reporting the serial number for remote drives. You might want to look at: http://support.microsoft.com...
Trouble with write cache on IDE hard disk
Hi, we experienced that some of our corrupt databases were stored on workstations with IDE hard disk. In some cases we had a szenario like that: The database was stored at a standalone pc and in use with dbeng50.exe (Win9x). After a crash (hardware reset or power failure) the database was corrupt and could not recovered. We saw that the databases were stored at IDE hard drives with write cash. Is this a know problem with write cash? Did anyone made similar experiences? Thanks in advance Bye Thomas Gloerfeld Yes we have had some issues with caching controllers/dri...
I would like to read the hard disk serial number of a visitor
Hi, I would like to read the hard disk serial number of the people logging in to my web site. I have a web site where it gives info (market update) for a subscription fee. And I offer free demo for 15 days, however some people do not pay the fee and keep on signing in as demo user. I have tried cookies and sending small identification files but people are smart and they find these files and erase them. I need to get a unique number from their PCs where they can not change it easily like the serial number of the hard disk or another hardware device. Any suggestions or alternat...
Need code to get hard disk serial number
Does anyone have a working piece of PowerScript code to read the hard disk volume serial number under Win95? This is the eight character string (such as '3733-1ED8') that you see when you run the ChkDsk command. Thanks in advance, Justin - Remove the X from my reply to address! - Justin Purington [email protected] - Use this API function GetVolumnInformationA( ) This function returns information about the harddrive. Global External Function: FUNCTION boolean GetVolumeInformation(ref string lpRootPathName,ref string lpVolumeNameBuffer,ulong nVolu...
Getting MAC address or Serial number of Hard disk
Hi, I would like to track whether my client come back my site or not. Is it possible to get MAC address or Serial Number of hard disk of client PC accessing our site?ThanksTran Hong Quang There is no direct way of doing this in ASP.NET. However, you could use WMI in ASP.NET, and I beleive WMI can tell you that information.Cheers, Kevin JonesMy Blog...
The trick to get the real serial number of hard drive
I have just published a blog post about a solution that works both in XP and Vista under user account privilage without using P/Invoke. Everyone knows how to get serial number of hard drives but it took me over 50 hours to figure out how to do it in .Net without any user privilage problem. Here is the direct link to the blog entry. Happy Coding! Very cool stuff, you are to be commended for your hard work digging up these details and how to leverage them.Chris LoveASP.NET 2.0 Your Visual Blueprint for developing Web Applications Not bad at all. Now, if you really want to take it to &q...
How to get the hard disk serial number of a network drive?
I know that there is a function called 'GetVolumeInformationA' and with this funcion, I can get the serial number of a local drive. However when I change the local drive to network drive (say Z:) as below: lb_ret = GetVolumeInformationA('Z:', VolName, Len(VolName), VolSerial, MCompLen, VolFlgs, VolFileSys, Len(VolFileSys)) 0 instead of a proper serial number is returned as the VolSerial. Please advise! Tilden Lau Doesn't the solution given for the local harddrive on wednesday work on the network? -Charles Tin wrote: > I know tha...
I just ordered a boundle key. This is because I have reinstalled all my Delphi versions on a new computer. I installed RAD Studio XE4, RAD Studio XE2 and RAD Studio XE In RAD Studio XE I want to install Intraweb XI. I followed the instructions and first uninstalled Intraweb and then did a install but the install does not not accept the key. The install is called IW11.0.60.exe Please help me. This is very important. /Mikael ...
Get Hard Disk Serial Number Delphi XE3
I have been using this great component from Devlib for many years in D7, D2010 and XE2 http://www.devlib.net/tgetdiskserial.htm The Delphi XE3 VCL installs without problem, but in an application the GetDiskSerial registrations are not recognised and Delphi... crashes (Close down)! They claim it works but not on my computer. Please install this and report if it works on your Delphi XE3 system? > {quote:title=Pieter van Wyk wrote:}{quote} > Please install this and report if it works on your Delphi XE3 system? I looked as far as the 'buy' button and just started laughing...
VS ide / delphi ide key map
I'm quit lost in VS ide, F9 run, F8 / F7 Ctrl+Alt+P for tool pallet and the fast find when you type component name F11 to switch to code view / object inspector, the ability to navigate in the object inspector with tab and writing property name. Will someone make a Delphi to VS guide? -- Henning Swiboda wrote: > I'm quit lost in VS ide, F9 run, F8 / F7 > Ctrl+Alt+P for tool pallet and the fast find when you type component > name > F11 to switch to code view / object inspector, the ability to navigate > in the object inspector with tab and writing propert...
Hard Disk Serial Number
Hi All, I there any one who can tell me how to get a Hard Disk Serial number(Volum Number). Thanks PS: I am really appreciate if you could give me the code. GetVolumeInformationA. Here's the declaration for it: FUNCTION boolean GetVolumeInformationA( string lpRootPathName, // address of root directory of the file system REF string lpVolumeNameBuffer, // address of name of the volume ulong nVolumeNameSize, // length of lpVolumeNameBuffer REF ulong lpVolumeSerialNumber, // address of volume serial number REF ulong lpMaximumCompon...
Comparison between Visual Studio 2008 IDE and Delphi 2010 IDE?
Hi, I wonder which is more programmer friendly. Especially for syntax highlighting and fast code writting, viewing.. Thanks.. Mehmet Fide wrote: > Hi, > > I wonder which is more programmer friendly. Especially for syntax > highlighting and fast code writting, viewing.. > > > Thanks.. See 'RAD Studio 2010 vs. Visual Studio 2010' in non-technical group. -- Warm Regards, Lee ...
My IDE hard disk not detected by LiveCD
Hello all. First time poster, so I'll try not to screw up too badly. =) Anyhow, I'm using the LiveDVD of openSUSE 11.0, and as the title says, my plain ol' IDE hard disk is not being detected by install. lspci, however, confirms that my IDE controller is being detected, and my optical drive and ZIP drive are fine, as well. I have no SATA devices in my system, although my mainboard (Asus P4S800D-X) has an onboard SiS SATA controller which is disabled in the BIOS. If anyone has any helpful advice to impart, please do so. This problem is beginning to drive me batty. =) ...
Get real serial no. for hard disk
Hi all how can I get the real serial no for hard disk, I know there is API function called GetVolumeInformation but I want the real serial no. how can I get it I am using PB11.5 and ASA11 thanks finestraco http://www.rgagnon.com/pbdetails/pb-0214.html You will need to change the definition to GetVolumeInformationW instead of GetVolumeInformationA because PB 10+ is Unicode. -- Report Bugs to Sybase: http://case-express.sybase.com/cx/welcome.do Product Enhancement Requests: http://my.isug.com/cgi-bin/1/c/submit_enhancement <finestraco> wrote in message news:4c0a...
How to get hard disk serial number for NT
For windows 95 and 98, I can use an API call 'GetVolumeInformationA' to get the hard disk number of a local hard-disk. However it does not work for NT 4.0 workstation and servers. The serial number returned is '0000-0000' which is incorrect. Please advice if there is another specific API call for getting serial number from a NT 4.0 workstation. Tilden That function is supposed to work on NT as well. However, the function itself has a bug with regard to reporting the serial number for remote drives. You might want to look at: http://support.microsoft.com...
Trouble with write cache on IDE hard disk
Hi, we experienced that some of our corrupt databases were stored on workstations with IDE hard disk. In some cases we had a szenario like that: The database was stored at a standalone pc and in use with dbeng50.exe (Win9x). After a crash (hardware reset or power failure) the database was corrupt and could not recovered. We saw that the databases were stored at IDE hard drives with write cash. Is this a know problem with write cash? Did anyone made similar experiences? Thanks in advance Bye Thomas Gloerfeld Yes we have had some issues with caching controllers/dri...
I would like to read the hard disk serial number of a visitor
Hi, I would like to read the hard disk serial number of the people logging in to my web site. I have a web site where it gives info (market update) for a subscription fee. And I offer free demo for 15 days, however some people do not pay the fee and keep on signing in as demo user. I have tried cookies and sending small identification files but people are smart and they find these files and erase them. I need to get a unique number from their PCs where they can not change it easily like the serial number of the hard disk or another hardware device. Any suggestions or alternat...
Need code to get hard disk serial number
Does anyone have a working piece of PowerScript code to read the hard disk volume serial number under Win95? This is the eight character string (such as '3733-1ED8') that you see when you run the ChkDsk command. Thanks in advance, Justin - Remove the X from my reply to address! - Justin Purington [email protected] - Use this API function GetVolumnInformationA( ) This function returns information about the harddrive. Global External Function: FUNCTION boolean GetVolumeInformation(ref string lpRootPathName,ref string lpVolumeNameBuffer,ulong nVolu...
Getting MAC address or Serial number of Hard disk
Hi, I would like to track whether my client come back my site or not. Is it possible to get MAC address or Serial Number of hard disk of client PC accessing our site?ThanksTran Hong Quang There is no direct way of doing this in ASP.NET. However, you could use WMI in ASP.NET, and I beleive WMI can tell you that information.Cheers, Kevin JonesMy Blog...
The trick to get the real serial number of hard drive
I have just published a blog post about a solution that works both in XP and Vista under user account privilage without using P/Invoke. Everyone knows how to get serial number of hard drives but it took me over 50 hours to figure out how to do it in .Net without any user privilage problem. Here is the direct link to the blog entry. Happy Coding! Very cool stuff, you are to be commended for your hard work digging up these details and how to leverage them.Chris LoveASP.NET 2.0 Your Visual Blueprint for developing Web Applications Not bad at all. Now, if you really want to take it to &q...
How to get the hard disk serial number of a network drive?
I know that there is a function called 'GetVolumeInformationA' and with this funcion, I can get the serial number of a local drive. However when I change the local drive to network drive (say Z:) as below: lb_ret = GetVolumeInformationA('Z:', VolName, Len(VolName), VolSerial, MCompLen, VolFlgs, VolFileSys, Len(VolFileSys)) 0 instead of a proper serial number is returned as the VolSerial. Please advise! Tilden Lau Doesn't the solution given for the local harddrive on wednesday work on the network? -Charles Tin wrote: > I know tha...