By SkySigal on 7/25/2008 12:33 AM

 

 

 

 

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By SkySigal on 7/23/2008 4:51 AM

I’m still developing a poweful, but easy to use licensing system, and I was looking around for a way to allow end programmers to limit their product to being run on only defined server domains…

For example, you may want to sell a control to be used on only ‘acme.com’.
If this is the case, this is the basis of what you would need.

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By SkySigal on 7/18/2008 1:14 PM

Right…working on this LicenseManager some more…

Although WMI is not available on Mobile /PocketPC/CE (which is a good thing) I still need a way to uniquely identify one mobile device from another for licensing purposes.

If you look up on MSDN how to get a Mobile Device’s ID, you’ll probably come across this post, that references the use of KernelIoControl.
But it will turn out, with a little more fishing, that the article's information is a bit stale.

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By SkySigal on 7/18/2008 2:42 AM

I’m currently working on a LicenseManager  for Windows applications and Components, and developing a set of optional Rules/Constraints that the License has to abide by.

A common request is to limit to a specific Motherboard.

 

 

 

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By SkySigal on 7/18/2008 2:39 AM

I’m currently working on a LicenseManager  for Windows applications and Components, and developing a set of optional Rules/Constraints that the License has to abide by.

One optional check is against the Manufacturer’s ID.

 

 

 

 

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By SkySigal on 7/18/2008 2:34 AM

I’m currently working on a LicenseManager  for Windows applications and Components, and developing a set of optional Rules/Constraints that the License has to abide by.
A common request is to limiting the license to a specific CPU.

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