[Closed] getting serial number info

Don’t think so. In the distant past one was able to get the HardwareID (or similar, don’t remember it’s exact name). This was tied to the dongle and after the dongle was gone, tied to the machine itself. But that functionality has been deprecated many releases ago …

you could probably find it in the registry somewhere via mxs.

That is pretty serious information you are asking to get information to. Why exactly do you want with their serial number and what do you plan on using that data for?

-Eric

i hope there is no easy way to get serial number from registries…

You may be disappointed

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\3dsMax\xx.x]
SerialNumber=123-45678901

Where xx.x in the key above is the Max version number ( the REAL version )
AFAIK this number is not necessarily the real one used by the licensing system, but it gets written into that registry place too. Additionally the licensing system uses it’s own database to store the serial number.

You should be aware that ANY maxscript you run on your machine is not sandboxed in any way, and has virtually all the access priviliges that the 3dsmax process itself has, and can read or write anything to your registry, file system, has access to your devices, can upload any data to a web server, etc.

DO NOT RUN A SCRIPT YOU DO NOT TRUST!

I’m trying to devise a secure or fairly secure licensing system that can be run from mxs itself rather than VB or a third party app. I thought about making an app that writes the computer Id o a file in a hidden folder, then getting my script to read it, but I’m still open to suggestions as to the best and least inconvenient method to honest users. thought getting the serial number might help keep it all simple, because it is unique(well unless the s/w is pirated) What’s the fuss about getting a serial number? I’m not a thief, I’m a developer,

not going to happen… if you want to protect maxscript (.mse) files it’s not going to happen… they will simply decrypt and remove the protection, so unless you can create an undecryptable .mse file nothing you will do will protect the script !

is there a simple way to make a .dlx that contains a big maxscript !? so that way the maxscript will be as .dlx and not .mse !?

I know that – everyone knows that – but why bother when the script costs like 100 bucks? just trying to make it it harder to pass on the script. Hiding the users serial umber in the code somehow might work. In any case, mxs can yield the max serial number quite easily I found which can at least reveal if the user is legit.