How to get computer ID programmatically in LabVIEW

Hi all,
I wish to know how to get the unique computer ID of a PC using LabVIEW. I need to acquire it to provide some kind of securinty to my labview based application. Please help.
Regards,
Giridhar Rajan
Automation Engineer, Design
Cruiser Controls
Mumbai, India

There are many threads here already on this subject.
Search for the term 'Mac address' you will get over 122 results most of them on the subject of security.
and try the following specific post
http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=170&message.id=102353&query.id=23683#M102353
look for the notes by Enrique
You could of course buy a hardware key as well....

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