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Reference number: CH000103
I have an Intel
Pentium III+, how do I disable the serial number.
Question:
I have an Intel Pentium III+, how do I disable the serial number?
Answer:
About the Serial Number
This controversial feature found on each Intel Pentium III
processor is a unique
serial number that can be used to identify a computer. This
feature was designed
for security reasons; for example, when doing credit card submissions over the Internet,
identification could be verified using this unique serial number.
However, this feature caused many users to fear the ability of being
uniquely tracked. Because of this upset, Intel gave the user the option to
enable or disable this feature, and by default this feature is
disabled. If you have not
enabled this feature you should not need to disable it.
New Pentium III and later processors
To enable or disable this feature download a software application
from Intel that allows you to display the status and change the status of the serial number. See our
Utility
Download section for this file.
Early Pentium III processors
Because of the controversy concerning this feature
later Intel Pentium III and later Intel processors that had this
feature enabled users to disable this feature through the CMOS
setup. Additional information about how to get into CMOS setup can
be found on document CH000192.
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