The server requires that the user enter some type of verification to the server proving they bought the software before it will give them the download. There is an installer program that gets the computer's UUID, sends it over the internet to a server that takes the UUID and generates a custom copy of a piece of software that it is automatically downloaded and deployed by the installer. This basic concept is used by some commercial software except it is all automated. Now you would need to compile and possibly not make the check so obvious so that it is not as easy to remove. This script will then only run completely on the computer with the correct UUID. '\root\cimv2').ExecQuery('Select * From Win32_ComputerSystemProduct') this should be unique to a particular computerįor obj in ComObjGet('winmgmts:!\\'. returns UUID member of the System Information structure in the SMBIOS information