FingerPrint Option Flags

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## FingerPrint Option Flags

This page introduces specific FingerPrint option flags. For an overview of what the FingerPrinting features are, you should instead see FingerPrinting / Machine-Locking.

The FingerPrint of a machine is computed from a set of available options you include in your option flag set. There are 23 available options. Each one can be independently turned on or off. This effectively allows you to configure your license to use up to 8388608 different combinations of algorithms for computing the systems FingerPrint.

Programmer created FingerPrint identifiers do not affect your FingerPrint Options Flags. They are independent of it. (See Programmer Created FingerPrint Identifiers for more information).

The available option flags are:

Hard Drive Model | Operating System "Windows" Directory
Hard Drive Hardware Serial No. | Operating System "Temp" Directory
Hard Drive Type | Central Processing Unit Type
Partition Serial No. | Number of Central Processing Units
Machine Architecture | Total Random Access Memory
Hard Drive Controller Revision No. | Machine Platform Type
Hard Drive Controller Buffer Size | MAC Address of Network Interface Card 1
Windows Serial Number | Computer Name
Operating System Major Version | User Name
Operating System Minor Version | BIOS Version
Operating System Build Number | BIOS Date
Operating System "System" Directory |

### More Information

For help on actually setting the FingerPrint Options in your license, see System FingerPrint Options Tab in the SoftwareShield License Manager Reference.

For help on how to use your own FingerPrinting algorithms, either alone or in combination with the SoftwareShield FingerPrint, see Programmer Created FingerPrint Identifiers in this reference.