Simple-HWID-Windows

A simple HWID (Hardware-ID) demo for Windows systems that uses GetVolumeInformationA WinAPI function, to get the serial number of Volume C:/ .

Compile and run

Probably you can compile this with any C++ compiler, as long as you have the Windows SDK (usually installed with Visual Studio).

To compile with visual studio, simply create an empty project then add HWIDdemo.cpp and HWIDwin.h, then select Release and x86 (32-bit) architecture.

Be sure to run the binary as an administrator to always get the serial number of the HDD correctly.

After you run the program, a command-promt window will open with your HWID, from there you can select it and copy-paste it anywhere you want.

Using this in your own projects/programs

Using this in your own windows program is very simple, just include HWIDwin.h in your project/program and then call the GetHWID() function to get the HWID.

Example program :

#include "HWIDwin.h"
using namespace std;

int main()
{
  string DesiredHWID = "someonesHWIDgoeshere"; // the desired HWID of the user
  string HWID = GetHWID();
  if (HWID == DesiredHWID)
  {
    cout << "This computer is authorized !!" << endl;
  }
  else
  {
    cout << "This computer is not authorized !!" << endl;
  }
}