Locking software from pirated users

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I created a software application. I want to make a lock for its security against pirate copy user. How can I get processor Id or mother board Id or HDD Id using VB6?

Thank you in advance.

I am Jaimin Patel from Gujarat.
If you have any solution please send it to [DELETED]

[edit]Email deleted, capitalization, syntax - OriginalGriff[/edit]

Posted 19-Nov-10 8:13am

jaimin patel

Updated 19-Nov-10 8:17am

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OriginalGriff 19-Nov-10 14:17pm

Never post your email address in any forum, unless you really like spam! If anyone replies to you, you will receive an email (like this one) to let you know.

fjdiewornncalwe 19-Nov-10 14:26pm

Griff has given you a correct answer for this, but your issue is bigger. You'd have to also have a way of keeping h*ckers from simply hacking your binaries if they want a "free" version.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2010-11-19T08:21:00

Solution 1

Look at accessing WMI - it should provide you with the hardware IDs you want Egghead Cafe on WMI in VB6[^]

Posted 19-Nov-10 8:21am

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E.F. Nijboer · Answer 2 · 2010-11-19T09:00:00

Choose what you like the most WinAPI or Scripting:

Option Explicit
Declare Function GetVolumeInformation Lib "kernel32" Alias _
 "GetVolumeInformationA" (ByVal lpRootPathName As String, _ 
ByVal lpVolumeNameBuffer As String, _ 
ByVal nVolumeNameSize As Long, _ 
lpVolumeSerialNumber As Long, _ 
lpMaximumComponentLength As Long, _
lpFileSystemFlags As Long, _ 
ByVal lpFileSystemNameBuffer As String, _ 
ByVal nFileSystemNameSize As Long) As Long
Public Function GetVolumeSN(byval optional strDrive As String = "C:\") As String
    Dim lpRootPathName As String, lpVolumeNameBuffer As String
    Dim nVolumeNameSize As Long, lpVolumeSerialNumber As Long
    Dim lpMaximumComponentLength As Long, lpFileSystemFlags As Long
    Dim lpFileSystemNameBuffer As String, nFileSystemNameSize As Long
    Dim ReturnVal As Long
    ReturnVal = GetVolumeInformation(strDrive, _
                                    lpVolumeNameBuffer, _
                                    nVolumeNameSize, _
                                    lpVolumeSerialNumber, _
                                    lpMaximumComponentLength, _
                                    lpFileSystemFlags, _
                                    lpFileSystemNameBuffer, _
                                    nFileSystemNameSize)
    GetVolumeSN = Hex(lpVolumeSerialNumber)
End Funtion

VB

Public Function GetVolumeSN(strDrive As String) As String
    Dim fso As Object
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    GetVolumeSN = fso.GetDrive(strDrive).SerialNumber
End Function

Good luck!