so if it would work, replace shortname with short and short1?
With all of this hokey-pokey surrounding licensing and mac addresses, I wonder if this outfit is actually still in compliance with the terms of their license for this software, whatever it may be?
If the software licensed to run only on Machine X and Machine X has now been junked and replace by Machine Y, then isn't the solution to obtain a license for the software for Machine Y or be out-of compliance regardless of the technical ability to spoof whatever it's looking for?