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Dec 12, 2004, 2:18am

I was looking through old NG posts and I came across Panther1403's back
on April 18th, 2003.

"Computer ID is your processors serial number which is broadcast to the
internet (unless your smart and turned it off). There was a big uproar a few
years back when processor makers added this feature. People were so against
it that they had to include the option to turn it off. I have left mine on
because I'm lazy. But any one who knows about that can turn it off. (Oops
have I spilled the beans.)"

SNIP

I was wondering how to turn your computer ID off. I have a Gateway with
XP. Would be nice to know how to do.

Jaguar Hahn
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Dec 12, 2004, 2:51am

computer id in AW is part of your MAC addy

Dec 12, 2004, 3:40am

I believe you're thinking about the "CPU Serial Number". This can be
turned off in the BIOS, but isnt broadcast, nor really used for
anything. Activeworlds' "Computer ID" would be the last four digits of
your network interface's "MAC Address". There is no nice way to turn
this off, but if I remember correctly, you may change it. But, why
would you really have any reason to?

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Dec 12, 2004, 4:28am

[View Quote] Maybe you've been ejected from a world by Computer ID and you need to
change it?

Then again, proxy servers do work also, but result in slower loading times.




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Dec 12, 2004, 3:07pm

na, just curious about how to turn it off heh
thanks for the info.

Jaguar


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Dec 12, 2004, 4:22pm

I do believe, that all ejections (right click user, and eject) now are
by Computer ID, Citizen Number, and IP address. Or maybe only the first
two. Anyways, if you're ejected from a world, it was probably for a reason.

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