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Old December 28th 08, 03:53 PM posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq
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Default Compaq Deskpro, Evo UUID Setting


"William R. Walsh" wrote in message
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Hello all...

I have a number of Compaq Deskpro 686P2, 686P3 and Evo D500, 510
series (686O2) systems. All of these seem to be pretty closely
related, and all of them have a setting in the BIOS known as the
"UUID".

This setting is disabled by default, and Compaq's in-setup help isn't
very helpful, stating that changing the setting "enables or disables
the UUID".

What does this setting do?

William

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID

It would use your PC's serial number, and maybe its ethernet MAC address etc
to come up with "some number".
Original "intent" was to make your pc/visit to a website 'special' so when
you returned /transmitted data to any other computer, it 'guaranteed'
security and make things easier by already knowing everything about you.
Great on paper, but who wants the world to know that. So now disabled by
default. ( I bought a Compaq PC in 2002 that came with it enabled.)