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Msi Serial Number Checker

Advanced Installer allows you to easily add a serial number protection for your package. There are two types of serial validation each having its advantages and disadvantages: Predefined List and Algorithm Verified.

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Important - please note:

Confirm the device model and serial number. After you complete the steps, the commands will display the model number as well as the serial number of your desktop, laptop, or tablet running Windows 10.

  • The Advanced Installer's serial validation DLL is offered as a convenience. It should be replaced with your own, stronger and more secure, validation method.
  • The validation done at install time is not the best method of serial protection. The recommended method is the validation done by the application itself after it has been installed.

Predefined List of Serials

In this case, each package will have one or more predefined valid passwords.

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Advantage

  • When releasing a new version of the product, you can add or delete certain serials without changing the rest.
  1. Cheers plutomate but I have added the serial number that came on the box, which is also on the motherboards 24pin power socket. However when registering it's asking for a second serial number, I just hope it's not on the back of the motherboard as I had to install the board so I could get online to register it.
  2. I found out how to check if the warranty is still active on their graphics cards: On your card, and the box for it, there is a sticker with the serial number. After the letter 'B' there will be four important digits; the first two for the year and the next two for the month. This is when the graphics card was created.
  3. Here is where you can find the serial number on the device: Arctis: Inside Headband Near Earcup. Arctis 1 / Arctis 1 Wireless: Top of the earcup. Siberia 800: Inside Headband Near Earcup. Siberia 840: Bottom of Wireless Transmitter. Siberia 650: Inside LEFT OUTER Ear Plate. Other Headsets: Inside Headband Near Earcup. Keyboards: Bottom of Device.
  4. As an example, let’s check a motherboard’s manufacturer, model number, and serial number using WMIC. Open up the command prompt in Windows via either the run dialog (Windows+R) or by searching for “cmd” on the Start menu—no need to run the Command Prompt as an administrator.

Disadvantage

  • The list is fixed, so for a released version, you cannot change the list, if, for example, the client list grows and you need to add more serials.

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Algorithm Verified Serials

In this case the package will check whether that the serials pass a certain algorithm verification. The algorithm uses a special value, called a seed, to identify a group of equivalent serials. Changing the seed invalidates the current group of serials. The seed length and form depend on the length and form of the template.

Advantage

  • You can generate a practically unlimited number of serials. More exactly, this number is limited only by the number of combinations of digits and letters that verify the template you have chosen.

Disadvantage

  • If a serial has been compromised, you cannot delete it in the next release. For that you would need to change the seed value, thus rendering all other serials invalid.
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General Note

While the algorithm itself is reasonably hard to crack, the MSI it is not a secure environment. This means that somebody that tampers with the MSI, using nothing but a specialized editor, like Orca, could rather easily remove the protection.

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A possible solution to improve this would be to use the bootstrapping feature in Advanced Installer to mask the MSI. However, this is not a definitive solution since an attacker could spy on the program activities and extract the MSI.

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  • Serial Number Validation DLL
    Example and sample code for developing a DLL for serial number validation.