resolved - How uniquie is the cpu id ?

[illskills]

how unique is this ? will i ever get duplicates ? and will it ever change ?

... i want some way of relating my software to the customer .... is there a system GUID?

    Function GetCPUID() As String
        Dim sReturn As String = ""
        Try
            Dim objMOS As ManagementObjectSearcher
            Dim objMOC As Management.ManagementObjectCollection
            Dim objMO As Management.ManagementObject

            objMOS = New ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * From Win32_Processor")
            objMOC = objMOS.Get
            For Each objMO In objMOC
                sReturn = objMO("ProcessorID")
                Exit For
            Next
            objMOS = Nothing
            objMOC = Nothing
            objMO = Nothing
        Catch ex As Exception
            '# error getting cpu id
            myErr.WriteToErrorLog(ex.Message, Environment.StackTrace, "Error returning system ID.")
        End Try
        Return sReturn
    End Function