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in thread Getting Hardware Keys from Windows

This gets the VOLUME serial number. Not the manufacturers.
The volume SN changes every time the disk is partitioned or formatted.

Is there a Perl module for getting the manufacturers SN?

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Re^3: Getting Hardware Keys from Windows
by jimbojones (Friar) on Oct 27, 2004 at 22:49 UTC
Re^3: Getting Hardware Keys from Windows
by jimbojones (Friar) on Oct 28, 2004 at 13:46 UTC
    Another reason that you may need the manufacturer's Serial Number: it's possible to change the volume serial number via software

    I found this when investigating the above post:

    Changing volume's serial number