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Does anyone know what kind of factors/criteria the Ninjatrader MachineID is based on - assume its based on the hardware in the system or Windows?? I have a problem with a software vendor and as the software is linked to the Ninjatrader servers, I was trying understand what could stop the software from working if something in the computer changes.


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Does anyone know what kind of factors/criteria the Ninjatrader MachineID is based on - assume its based on the hardware in the system or Windows?? I have a problem with a software vendor and as the software is linked to the Ninjatrader servers, I was trying understand what could stop the software from working if something in the computer changes.

It is based on the Windows machine Id and that in turn appears to be based on a combination of anything that changes the boot configuration/Mac address.

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Thanks ratfink. So if my network MAC address changes, will that stop access to the Ninjatrader server?


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Thanks ratfink. So if my network MAC address changes, will that stop access to the Ninjatrader server?

To the Ninjatrader server not
but most likely you will have to re-activate your windows license
and your commercial indicator if it relies on the machine ID


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It's related to what makes a PC "unique", not simply the Mac @.
It might be possible to cheat but I won't go into the details as it won't be fair/legal.


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To the Ninjatrader server not
but most likely you will have to re-activate your windows license
and your commercial indicator if it relies on the machine ID

Changing the MAC address of any type of network adapter will not require reactivacting Windows. No idea about the indicators.


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Does anyone know what kind of factors/criteria the Ninjatrader MachineID is based on - assume its based on the hardware in the system or Windows?? I have a problem with a software vendor and as the software is linked to the Ninjatrader servers, I was trying understand what could stop the software from working if something in the computer changes.

I just updated my BIOS on my PC and it caused NT to request I reenter my license key, and 3rd party commercial vendor indicators to need a new license... For the 3rd party folks I went to NT control panel Help-->About and grabbed the machine id.


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I just updated my BIOS on my PC and it caused NT to request I reenter my license key, and 3rd party commercial vendor indicators to need a new license... For the 3rd party folks I went to NT control panel Help-->About and grabbed the machine id.

Did you have to re-license your windows as well?


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Did you have to re-license your windows as well?

No. Just the 3rd party stuff that depended on the machine id


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