Easy to read the unique serial number of hard disk in your Delphi project. The TGetDiskSerial VCL has already succeeded to get the Serial Number in RAD. Any operation can not to change the serialnumber of harddisk, include Format.

Scott Earnest said: [SNIPP] Not really that related, but I just thought of something. Have anyone ever tried to use ports in NT? I mean, nt is supposed to be a 'secure' os and all. But does it still support realmode applications and if it does, how does it handle them? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Kim Robert Blix ( kb.@c2i.net ) 'How do you shoot the devil in the back?' 'What if you miss?'

-Verbal Kint =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=. Quote Kim Robert Blix wrote: > Scott Earnest said: > [SNIPP] > Not really that related, but I just thought of something. Have anyone > ever tried to use ports in NT? I mean, nt is supposed to be a 'secure' > os and all. But does it still support realmode applications and if > it does, how does it handle them? I don't know about NT, but I know 95 has some problems with port calls in real mode programs. The virtual DOS driver seems to handle most common functions (video, serial, parallel, audio, keyboard, etc.) like a normal real mode DOS session would, but it confuses some code I have which uses less commonly used port interfaces, like the IDE or floppy controllers.

An educated guess says that NT might be prone to the same problems. Quote Scott Earnest wrote: > Kim Robert Blix wrote: > > Scott Earnest said: > > [SNIPP] > > Not really that related, but I just thought of something. Have anyone > > ever tried to use ports in NT? I mean, nt is supposed to be a 'secure' > > os and all.

But does it still support realmode applications and if > > it does, how does it handle them? > I don't know about NT, but I know 95 has some problems with port calls > in real mode programs. The virtual DOS driver seems to handle most > common functions (video, serial, parallel, audio, keyboard, etc.) like a > normal real mode DOS session would, but it confuses some code I have > which uses less commonly used port interfaces, like the IDE or floppy > controllers. An educated guess says that NT might be prone to the same > problems.

> Scott Earnest We now return you to our regularly > Tiski chertezh avtokad. set.@ix.netcom.com scheduled chaos and mayhem.. I monitor the PCAD user group postings, and everyone who moves to NT has the same problem - the security dongle quits. WIN NT simply won't allow programs access to the hardware ports.

Everyone has to upgrade to special drivers that have the necessary privilege level to do low-level stuff. Then, you run into incompatible driver problems that crash your App when you try to do the simplest thing. And everyone complains that the Windows version doesn't have the same functionality and speed as the old DOS version. More reasons to stay away from MicroSoft and keep on developing good DOS software.