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@@ -410,14 +410,8 @@ div.tocify {
 <hr />

 <div id="overview" class="section level2">

 <h2>Overview</h2>

-<ul>

-<li><strong>Note: HWID Activation is not working<br />

-</strong>HWID activation is not working because of server-side changes

-at Microsoft. Use the KMS38 option for now. Your previously established

-HWID is safe. This happened because of <a

-href="https://devicepartner.microsoft.com/en-us/communications/comm-windows-ends-installation-path-for-free-windows-7-8-upgrade">recent

-change</a> to not allow Windows 7/8 free upgrades.</li>

-</ul>

+<p><strong>Note: HWID Activation is working again with a new

+method.</strong></p>

 <hr />

 <ul>

 <li><p>How to use it? Please find the instructions <a

@@ -458,11 +452,17 @@ script.</p></li>
 </ul>

 <hr />

 </div>

+<div id="hwid-history" class="section level2">

+<h2>HWID History</h2>

+</div>

 <div id="how-does-it-work" class="section level2">

 <h2>How does it work?</h2>

+<div id="hwid-1-now-defunct-summer-of-2018---sep-26-2023"

+class="section level4">

+<h4>HWID 1 (Now defunct) (Summer of 2018 - Sep 26 2023)</h4>

 <ul>

 <li><p>In the official upgrade process from Windows 7 to Windows 10,

-Microsoft provides an HWID (digital license) activation for Windows 10

+Microsoft provided an HWID (digital license) activation for Windows 10

 without any cost.</p></li>

 <li><p>In the background, the upgrade process runs a file named

 gatherosstate.exe (available in Windows 10/11 ISO) and it checks the

@@ -479,73 +479,49 @@ There are two methods for it.<br />
 <strong>1-</strong> Place a <a

 href="https://github.com/asdcorp/Integrated_Patcher_3">custom

 slc.dll</a> file beside gatherosstate.exe:<br />

-gatherosstate.exe uses the system’s

-<code>C:\Windows\System32\slc.dll</code> file to gather the system’s

+gatherosstate.exe uses the system's

+<code>C:\Windows\System32\slc.dll</code> file to gather the system's

 info. If we place a custom slc.dll file beside gatherosstate.exe which

 can send the rubbish data to it, then it will simply accept it and

 generate a valid ticket.<br />

 <br />

 <strong>2-</strong> <a

 href="https://github.com/asdcorp/GamersOsState">Modify</a> the

-gatherosstate.exe file itself so that it doesn’t check the system’s

+gatherosstate.exe file itself so that it doesn't check the system's

 activation status and can directly create a valid ticket.</p></li>

-<li><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p>

+<li><p>You can find working of this old method here <a

+href="https://github.com/massgravel/MAS-Legacy-Methods">MAS-Legacy-Methods</a>.</p></li>

+<li><p>Microsoft <a

+href="https://devicepartner.microsoft.com/en-us/communications/comm-windows-ends-installation-path-for-free-windows-7-8-upgrade">made</a>

+server side changes to to block the free upgrade and with that server

+side change, this method stopped working. To be clear, only new

+activation requests coming from new hardware was blocked, already

+established HWID are fine.</p></li>

+</ul>

+</div>

+<div id="hwid-2-currently-working-03-oct-2023---current"

+class="section level4">

+<h4>HWID 2 (Currently working) (03 Oct 2023 - Current)</h4>

 <ul>

-<li>To be clear, we are <strong>not modifying/patching any on-board

-system file</strong> to get digital license. Gatherosstate.exe is a part

-of ISO file and not available in C drive system files. System’s slc.dll

-file is not touched, instead we use custom slc.dll only for a brief

-moment of ticket generation.</li>

-<li>If you want to understand more about how these above mentioned both

-methods then check this repo <a

-href="https://github.com/massgravel/MAS-Legacy-Methods">MAS-Legacy-Methods</a></li>

-<li>Latest MAS doesn’t use any of these methods, instead it uses ready

-to use Universal tickets (check below for info).</li>

-</ul></li>

+<li>When Microsoft stopped the free upgrade, it started requiring

+Genuine valid key in ticket to authorize a digital license. In the new

+method we used only the Installation ID of a genuine, valid key. This

+gets accepted by the server and allows us to get a digital license for

+free. Check manual activation process in below section to know how to

+make working universal tickets.</li>

 </ul>

 <hr />

-</div>

-<div id="types-of-tickets" class="section level2">

-<h2>Types of Tickets</h2>

-<p>There are many methods for ticket generation, majorly we can classify

-the ticket types in 3 categories.</p>

-<ol style="list-style-type: decimal">

-<li><p><strong>Downlevel Ticket</strong> - This is the simplest ticket

-generation process. In this method, ticket is signed by downlevel key by

-the system and the ticket’s OSVersion is =&lt;10. If it’s generated on

-Windows 10/11 then MS ideally aren’t supposed to grant activation,

-however they do and method is continuously working from last 4-5 years.

-Almost every HWID activator (at the time of writing this) is based on

-this method.</p></li>

-<li><p><strong>Lockbox Ticket</strong> - This is slightly a trickier

-method. The ticket is signed by Lockbox key by the system and the

-ticket’s OSVersion is 10. This ticket generation process involves

-cleaning Clipsvc licenses and IdentityCRL registry key in the system.

-Due to some hiccups in the process, this method is not primarily used in

-MAS, however these are the types of tickets that are identical to the

-genuine ticket generated by system on activated Windows 10/11.</p></li>

-<li><p><strong>Universal Ticket</strong> - In this method, we set the

-OSVersion =&lt;5 in the ticket and when we apply the ticket, system

-ignores the HWID in the ticket due to lower OSVersion and grant the

-activation anyway. This ticket can be applied on any system. These

-tickets can either be Downlevel or Lockbox type. MS ideally aren’t

-supposed to grant activation, however they do.</p></li>

-</ol>

-<p>Latest version of MAS is using Universal ticket method. Other ticket

-method scripts can be found in this repo <a

-href="https://github.com/massgravel/MAS-Legacy-Methods">MAS-Legacy-Methods</a></p>

 <p>Now a question, can Microsoft block the new requests or revoke

 already established HWID license?</p>

 <ul>

 <li>Revoking the license would be too extreme and will face many

-complications and risk of voiding valid licenses. However maybe they can

-block the new activation requests coming from Downlevel and Universal

-tickets. But the tools are working from 4-5 years and they don’t seem to

-care much for consumer piracy; That’s not where they get the most money

-from.</li>

+complications and risk of voiding valid licenses. However they can block

+the new activation requests for new hardware coming from the methods

+mentioned here.</li>

 </ul>

 <hr />

 </div>

+</div>

 <div id="supported-products" class="section level2">

 <h2>Supported Products</h2>

 <table>

@@ -724,8 +700,8 @@ from the above list) with the following command</p></li>
 <p><code>slmgr /ipk &lt;key&gt;</code></p>

 <ul>

 <li><p>Download Universal tickets from <a

-href="https://www.box.com/index.php?rm=box_download_shared_file&amp;shared_name=p9zvmu4tnogv4nkn01kpyvkndfzhhiv4&amp;file_id=f_1171245497490">here</a>

-and extract the downloaded file.</p></li>

+href="https://pixeldrain.com/u/GbVLtMn6">here</a> and extract the

+downloaded file.</p></li>

 <li><p>Now enter below code in Powershell</p></li>

 </ul>

 <p><code>(Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions).OSProductPfn</code></p>

@@ -861,7 +837,7 @@ command.</li>
 <!-- -->

 <pre><code>$value = (Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions).OSProductPfn

 

-C:\Files\gatherosstatemodified.exe /c Pfn=$value`;DownlevelGenuineState=1</code></pre>

+C:\Files\gatherosstatemodified.exe /c Pfn=$value`;PKeyIID=465145217131314304264339481117862266242033457260311819664735280</code></pre>

 <ul>

 <li>A GenuineTicket.xml file should be created in the folder

 <code>C:\Files\</code> now let’s apply it.</li>