Each computer running Windows has a NetBIOS name; you can view/change it on the identification tab in Control Panel -> Network. Various services & client tools, including Network Neighbourhood and NET USE, use NetBIOS names. The NetBIOS name is specified when Windows networking is installed/configured. In order to connect to a computer running TCP/IP via its NetBIOS name, the name must be resolved to an IP Address (the NetBIOS name-IP address resolution is often done by WINS - NetBIOS Name Server). A computer's NetBIOS name is often the same as that computer's host name, but it doesn't have to be.

 

Pros/Cons

+ Works always in single user environment

+ See considerations regarding hostname with dial-up connections

+ Works even in Notebooks with W-Lan adapter when disconnected from the local network

- After reinstallation of Windows, the NetBIOS computer name changes

- Only usable for single user installations

- Allows to install the application multiple times on the same server / computer

 

Recommendation

•If you do have only single user installations then use the NetBIOS name

 

 

Settings for Activation Server

To allow a reactivation you have to enable the use of local hardware IDs.These are the settings for the project.config file

 

    <InstCodeType1>4</InstCodeType1>

   <InstCodeType2>3</InstCodeType2>

   <InstCodeType3>1</InstCodeType3>

   <AllowReactivation>Yes</AllowReactivation>

    <IgnoreLocalInstCodes>false</IgnoreLocalInstCodes> (definition is mandatory for this hardware ID)

    <MinIdenticalInstcodes>3</MinIdenticalInstcodes>  (number of hardware IDs which have to match to allow a reinstallation)

 

 

 

 

This ID can only be used as a single PC / single user license. A network license is not supported.

 

 

This feature is only available in the Professional Edition.