hostid?

[Chermside, Michael]

> Thanks all for your advice. Magnus Lycka provided the solution, for Windows
> XP:
> 
> If you by MacID mean MAC address, or Media Access Control
> address, i.e. the hardware address in the network card,
> this could work on Win 2000 for instance.

I realize this is long solved, but just wanted to point out a sometimes-useful
resource. FAQTs python section had a great solution for this, and it
even handled multiple NIC cards:

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/5418/fid/244

Sometimes the Python section (http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/index.phtml/fid/199) at FAQTs is handy.

-- Michael Chermside