>>>>>Is there a way via VFP to retrieve the processor ID of a user's PC?
>>>>>
>>>>>TIA
>>>>>Doug
>>>>
>>>>Not easily. Besides, even if there were, I don't think that all chips have one. The Intel chips did, but, AFAIK, the AMDs didn't. Or are you talking about the type?
>>>
>>>I want a way to uniquely identify a piece of hardware. Any ideas?
>>
>>Doug,
>>
>>You can use the MAC address of the network card (assuming it has a network card).
>
>Excuse my ignorance, but how is this done?

See:

Thread #477977 Message #560981 (and entire thread).

Apparently the freeware OCX referred to by Rick Bean is the most reliable method of those in these threads.

More discussion at:

Thread #497050 Message #497853

HTH,