<< Click to Display Table of Contents >> Navigation:  WinLicense > FAQ > Hardware Lock > If I select different setting in the "Hardware Lock" panel, I always get the same Hardware Id, how is that possible?

The hardware ID has an internal format and it will always display the same hardware ID for a specific computer, no matter if you check/uncheck different "hardware items" in the Hardware Lock panel.

 

In runtime, WinLicense will ignore specific fields in the Hardware ID according to your settings in the Hardware Lock panel. This approach gives flexibility to change, at a later time, the Hardware Lock settings without having to ask again for a new hardware ID to your current customers.