On 11/25/04 3:13 AM, "Phillip Burk" <philburk at mac.com> wrote: > Neither identify the exact process of accessing said serial number, > however. There HAS to be a method of access. The data is being read > from somewhere. If we can read from it chances are it's writable. Why? There are things written in firmware that you cannot write to. Kirk Author of: How to Do Everything with Mac OS X Panther - - - - - - Read my blog: Kirkville -- http://www.mcelhearn.com Musings, Opinion and Miscellanea, on Macs, iPods and more Kirk McElhearn | Chemin de la Lauze | 05600 Guillestre | France