Tracktion Software

rich_h · Post by **rich_h** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:09 pm

What affects machine ID? I only ask I have just changed motherboard and CPU and still have the same machine ID. Not that I'm complaining, but I would have thought that would have created a new ID. Mind you, XP didn't want re-authorising either.

Kiwiboyus · Post by **Kiwiboyus** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:11 pm

I know changing or reinstalling your OS does it, at least with T1 it did.

valley · Post by **valley** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:26 pm

if the new mobo shares a similar chipset as the old one, it probably wont show as a major enough hardware change.

That said, I added an extra stick of RAM to my wife's PC over the weekend (the first HW change since it was first built) and WinXP wanted to re-authorize.

multree · Post by **multree** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:40 pm

some companys make the MachineID depend on networking hardware... (MAC Address) which I like more cuz I install my OS more often then rebuilding my PC from scratch

hexman · Post by **hexman** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:44 pm

Kiwiboyus wrote:I know changing or reinstalling your OS does it, at least with T1 it did.

I can see CHANGING os causes it to be different but just reinstalling the same OS?

valley · Post by **valley** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:45 pm

whereas I tend to alter mac addresses from time to time to aid security on my network.

Kiwiboyus · Post by **Kiwiboyus** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:14 pm

I did a clean reinstall once and had to change it I believe.

willowhaus · Post by **willowhaus** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:22 pm

valley wrote:whereas I tend to alter mac addresses from time to time to aid security on my network.

Why??

valley · Post by **valley** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:28 pm

'cos I have a crappy home wireless system, and the only way to half secure it is to make life as bloody awkward for hackers as possible. The router and firewall are locked to MAC addresses, and I vary net config factors such as MAC address, IP address range, etc from time to time to ensure that if someone has managed to bypass the wireless security and gained access to my network, they are going to have to go through everything all over again next time they attempt to access it.

multree · Post by **multree** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:08 am

hexman wrote:
Kiwiboyus wrote:I know changing or reinstalling your OS does it, at least with T1 it did.
I can see CHANGING os causes it to be different but just reinstalling the same OS?

yup.... it does that EVERYTIME.....

multree · Post by **multree** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:09 am

valley wrote:'cos I have a crappy home wireless system, and the only way to half secure it is to make life as bloody awkward for hackers as possible. The router and firewall are locked to MAC addresses, and I vary net config factors such as MAC address, IP address range, etc from time to time to ensure that if someone has managed to bypass the wireless security and gained access to my network, they are going to have to go through everything all over again next time they attempt to access it.

just get yourself an ethernet cable

multree · Post by **multree** » Wed May 11, 2005 9:10 am

or even better - move to a farm (like me) nobody around here even seems to know what a computer is

and so I can keep the same MAC address for ages

Tracktion Software

KVR Audio

Machine ID