From: James H. E. Maugham (CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com)
Date: Fri Mar 02 2001 - 09:55:12 EST
Benjamin Koh [mailto:benkoh_at_stanford.edu] wrote:
> This is correct, of course, which means you should be very suspicious of
> sellers who cannot produce the serial number due to a "missing sticker",
> since it is so easy to locate. I just fired up the Thinkpad
> configuration utility, and right under Help -> System Information, the
> machine type model, system unit serial number and system board serial
> number pop right up. No excuses for sellers not to be able to provide a
> serial number!
While you're correct that the lack of a serial number should raise all sorts of
red flags, it's not as difficult to remove from the BIOS as you make it appear.
There's more than one person on the list whose Thinkpad will display their name
in the Serial No. field when it's checked.
And for Dominique, the UUID is the Unique User ID No. which is part of the
wireless security system in many of the newer Thinkpads.
Regards,
James
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