My Veeam Backup Server refuses to push a client to physical PC because of a "duplicate BIOS UUID" in the client table. "Inconceivable!," says I; "A UUID is Universally Unique!" Apparently not. It ...

Hi, I'm programming in C/C++. I'm trying to communicate with a USB device using the SetupDi* functions from the Windows Driver Kit. To start, I need to create a GUID struct that I pass to ...

There are a variety of reasons why developers use globally unique identifiers (GUIDs), such as assigning unique identifiers to classes or when dealing with databases. This tip contains sample code ...

GUID (or UUID) is an acronym for ‘Globally Unique Identifier’ (or ‘Universally Unique Identifier’). It is a 128-bit integer number used to identify resources.