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| <div id="hwid-activation" class="section level1">
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| <h1><strong>HWID Activation</strong></h1>
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| <hr />
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| <div id="overview" class="section level2">
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| <h2>Overview</h2>
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| <ul>
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| <li><p>How to use it? Please find the instructions <a
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| href="index.html#Download__How_to_use_it">here</a>.</p></li>
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| <li><p>This activation is supported for Windows 10/11 only.</p></li>
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| <li><p>This activation does not store or modify/patch any files in your
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| system.</p></li>
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| <li><p>This activation is a permanent activation for your system
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| Hardware.</p></li>
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| <li><p>On a system, this activation can be created for all the supported
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| editions, and all can be linked to Microsoft account without any
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| issues.</p></li>
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| <li><p>Once a system is activated, this activation cannot be removed
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| because the license is stored in the Microsoft servers and not in the
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| user’s system. MS checks the hardware ID (HWID) and if a license is
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| found in their database, the system will automatically activate. This is
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| how official digital license works.</p></li>
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| <li><p>Any significant changes in the Hardware (such as a motherboard)
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| may deactivate the system. It is possible to reactivate a system that
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| was deactivated because of significant hardware changes, IF your
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| activation, was linked to an online Microsoft account.</p></li>
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| <li><p>For activation to succeed, internet connectivity must be enabled.
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| If you are trying to activate without these conditions being met, then
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| the system will auto-activate later when the conditions are
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| met.</p></li>
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| <li><p>Auto activation scenario after the Windows re-install:</p>
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| <ul>
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| <li><p>The Internet is required. (Only at the time of
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| activation)</p></li>
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| <li><p>The system will auto-activate if Retail (Consumer) media was used
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| for the installation.</p></li>
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| <li><p>The system will NOT auto-activate if VL (Business) media was used
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| for the installation. In this case, the user will have to insert that
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| windows edition Retail/OEM key (find keys below on this page) to
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| activate, if the user doesn’t wish to activate again using this
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| script.</p></li>
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| </ul></li>
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| </ul>
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| <hr />
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| </div>
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| <div id="how-does-it-work" class="section level2">
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| <h2>How does it work?</h2>
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| <ul>
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| <li><p>In the official upgrade process from Windows 7 to Windows 10,
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| Microsoft provides an HWID (digital license) activation for Windows 10
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| without any cost.</p></li>
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| <li><p>In the background, the upgrade process runs a file named
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| gatherosstate.exe (available in Windows 10/11 ISO) and it checks the
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| license of current Windows if found activated, it generates a valid
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| GenuineTicket.xml <strong>ticket</strong> which is sent to Microsoft and
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| in return, MS authorizes a license.</p></li>
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| <li><p>So if we just convince the gatherosstate.exe file that the
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| conditions are met for ticket generation by fooling it, it will generate
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| a valid ticket, which can be used to get the valid HWID (Digital
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| license).</p></li>
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| <li><p>How to convince the gatherosstate.exe?<br />
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| There are two methods for it.<br />
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| <br />
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| <strong>1-</strong> Place a <a
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| href="https://github.com/Gamers-Against-Weed/Integrated_Patcher_3">custom
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| slc.dll</a> file beside gatherosstate.exe:<br />
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| gatherosstate.exe uses the system’s
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| <code>C:\Windows\System32\slc.dll</code> file to gather the system’s
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| info. If we place a custom slc.dll file beside gatherosstate.exe which
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| can send the rubbish data to it, then it will simply accept it and
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| generate a valid ticket.<br />
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| <br />
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| <strong>2-</strong> <a
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| href="https://github.com/Gamers-Against-Weed/GamersOsState">Modify</a>
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| the gatherosstate.exe file itself so that it doesn’t check the system’s
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| activation status and can directly create a valid ticket.</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p>
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| <ul>
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| <li>To be clear, we are <strong>not modifying/patching any on-board
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| system file</strong> to get digital license. Gatherosstate.exe is a part
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| of ISO file and not available in C drive system files. System’s slc.dll
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| file is not touched, instead we use custom slc.dll only for a brief
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| moment of ticket generation.</li>
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| <li>If you want to understand more about how these above mentioned both
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| methods then check this repo <a
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| href="https://github.com/massgravel/MAS-Legacy-Methods">MAS-Legacy-Methods</a></li>
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| <li>Latest MAS doesn’t use any of these methods, instead it uses ready
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| to use Universal tickets (check below for info).</li>
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| </ul></li>
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| </ul>
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| <hr />
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| </div>
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| <div id="types-of-tickets" class="section level2">
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| <h2>Types of Tickets</h2>
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| <p>There are many methods for ticket generation, majorly we can classify
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| the ticket types in 3 categories.</p>
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| <ol style="list-style-type: decimal">
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| <li><p><strong>Downlevel Ticket</strong> - This is the simplest ticket
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| generation process. In this method, ticket is signed by downlevel key by
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| the system and the ticket’s OSVersion is =<10. If it’s generated on
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| Windows 10/11 then MS ideally aren’t supposed to grant activation,
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| however they do and method is continuously working from last 4-5 years.
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| Almost every HWID activator (at the time of writing this) is based on
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| this method.</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>Lockbox Ticket</strong> - This is slightly a trickier
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| method. The ticket is signed by Lockbox key by the system and the
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| ticket’s OSVersion is 10. This ticket generation process involves
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| cleaning Clipsvc licenses and IdentityCRL registry key in the system.
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| Due to some hiccups in the process, this method is not primarily used in
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| MAS, however these are the types of tickets that are identical to the
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| genuine ticket generated by system on activated Windows 10/11.</p></li>
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| <li><p><strong>Universal Ticket</strong> - In this method, we set the
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| OSVersion =<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>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <hr />
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| <div id="supported-products" class="section level2">
 | ||
| <h2>Supported Products</h2>
 | ||
| <table>
 | ||
| <thead>
 | ||
| <tr class="header">
 | ||
| <th align="left">Windows 10/11</th>
 | ||
| <th align="left">Generic Retail/OEM/MAK Key</th>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| </thead>
 | ||
| <tbody>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Education</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>YNMGQ-8RYV3-4PGQ3-C8XTP-7CFBY</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Education N</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>84NGF-MHBT6-FXBX8-QWJK7-DRR8H</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Enterprise</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>XGVPP-NMH47-7TTHJ-W3FW7-8HV2C</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Enterprise N</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>3V6Q6-NQXCX-V8YXR-9QCYV-QPFCT</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Enterprise LTSB 2015</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>FWN7H-PF93Q-4GGP8-M8RF3-MDWWW</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Enterprise LTSB 2016</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>NK96Y-D9CD8-W44CQ-R8YTK-DYJWX</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Enterprise LTSC 2019</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>43TBQ-NH92J-XKTM7-KT3KK-P39PB</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Enterprise N LTSB 2015</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>NTX6B-BRYC2-K6786-F6MVQ-M7V2X</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Enterprise N LTSB 2016</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>2DBW3-N2PJG-MVHW3-G7TDK-9HKR4</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Home</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>YTMG3-N6DKC-DKB77-7M9GH-8HVX7</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Home N</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>4CPRK-NM3K3-X6XXQ-RXX86-WXCHW</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Home China</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>N2434-X9D7W-8PF6X-8DV9T-8TYMD</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Home Single Language</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>BT79Q-G7N6G-PGBYW-4YWX6-6F4BT</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">IoT Enterprise</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>XQQYW-NFFMW-XJPBH-K8732-CKFFD</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>QPM6N-7J2WJ-P88HH-P3YRH-YY74H</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">IoT Enterprise LTSC Subscription</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>J7NJW-V6KBM-CC8RW-Y29Y4-HQ2MJ</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Pro</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Pro N</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>2B87N-8KFHP-DKV6R-Y2C8J-PKCKT</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Pro Education</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>8PTT6-RNW4C-6V7J2-C2D3X-MHBPB</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Pro Education N</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>GJTYN-HDMQY-FRR76-HVGC7-QPF8P</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Pro for Workstations</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>DXG7C-N36C4-C4HTG-X4T3X-2YV77</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Pro N for Workstations</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>WYPNQ-8C467-V2W6J-TX4WX-WT2RQ</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">S</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>V3WVW-N2PV2-CGWC3-34QGF-VMJ2C</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">S N</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>NH9J3-68WK7-6FB93-4K3DF-DJ4F6</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">SE</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>KY7PN-VR6RX-83W6Y-6DDYQ-T6R4W</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="even">
 | ||
| <td align="left">SE N</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>K9VKN-3BGWV-Y624W-MCRMQ-BHDCD</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| <tr class="odd">
 | ||
| <td align="left">Team</td>
 | ||
| <td align="left"><code>XKCNC-J26Q9-KFHD2-FKTHY-KD72Y</code></td>
 | ||
| </tr>
 | ||
| </tbody>
 | ||
| </table>
 | ||
| <p><strong>Notes:</strong></p>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li><p>X86-X64 and ARM64 architecture systems are supported.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>Any Evaluation version of Windows (i.e. ‘EVAL’ LTSB/C) cannot be
 | ||
| activated.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>IoTEnterpriseS (LTSC) 2021 key will be used to activate the
 | ||
| unsupported EnterpriseS (LTSC) 2021 edition.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>Windows Server does not support HWID activation.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>ServerRdsh edition does not <a
 | ||
| href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/windows-10-multisession-faq">officially</a>
 | ||
| support activation on non-azure systems.</p></li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <hr />
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| <div id="how-to-remove-hwid" class="section level2">
 | ||
| <h2>How to remove HWID?</h2>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li>You can not remove it, same as you can not remove official Windows
 | ||
| digital (HWID) license. Once a system is activated, this activation
 | ||
| cannot be removed because the license is stored in the Microsoft servers
 | ||
| and not in the user’s system. MS checks the hardware ID (HWID) and if a
 | ||
| license is found in their database, the system will automatically
 | ||
| activate.</li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <hr />
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| <div id="command-line-switches" class="section level2">
 | ||
| <h2>Command line Switches</h2>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li>Check <a href="command_line_switches.html">here</a>.</li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <hr />
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| <div id="manual-activation" class="section level2">
 | ||
| <h2>Manual Activation</h2>
 | ||
| <p>This is for those who wants to perform manual activation. If you want
 | ||
| a tool to do this for you then check <a href="index.html">here</a>.</p>
 | ||
| <p>We can divide the manual activation process into two parts.</p>
 | ||
| <div id="from-ready-made-ticket" class="section level3">
 | ||
| <h3>1- From Ready-Made Ticket</h3>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li><p>Make sure the Internet is enabled.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>Open Windows Powershell as administrator, and enter the following
 | ||
| listed commands in the sequence in which they are given.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>Enter the Key, (Replace <code><key></code> with the key
 | ||
| from the above list) with the following command</p></li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <p><code>slmgr /ipk <key></code></p>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li><p>Download Universal tickets from <a
 | ||
| href="https://www.box.com/index.php?rm=box_download_shared_file&shared_name=p9zvmu4tnogv4nkn01kpyvkndfzhhiv4&file_id=f_1171245497490">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>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li><p>This command will you show you some text like
 | ||
| <code>Microsoft.Windows.48.X19-98841_8wekyb3d8bbwe</code></p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>You need to find the exact same name ticket file in the folder
 | ||
| which you have extracted earlier.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>Copy that ticket file and paste it in the below folder</p>
 | ||
| <p><code>C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\ClipSVC\GenuineTicket</code></p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>Now run below command in Powershell to apply the ticket</p></li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <p><code>clipup -v -o</code></p>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li>Activate Windows with the following command</li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <p><code>slmgr /ato</code></p>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li>Check Activation Status with the following command</li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <p><code>slmgr /xpr</code></p>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li>Done.</li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <hr />
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| <div id="from-scratch" class="section level3">
 | ||
| <h3>2- From Scratch</h3>
 | ||
| <p>In this process we will perform activation from scratch. This is
 | ||
| based on Universal ticket method. Here we will create identical tickets
 | ||
| which are used in MAS HWID script and activate the system with it.</p>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li><p>Download file from the below official MS link and extract this
 | ||
| .cab file.<br />
 | ||
| <a
 | ||
| href="https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/E/9AE69DD5-BA93-44E0-864E-180F5E700AB4/adk/Installers/14f4df8a2a7fc82a4f415cf6a341415d.cab"
 | ||
| class="uri">https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/E/9AE69DD5-BA93-44E0-864E-180F5E700AB4/adk/Installers/14f4df8a2a7fc82a4f415cf6a341415d.cab</a></p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>Find the file named
 | ||
| <code>filf8377e82b29deadca67bc4858ed3fba9</code> and rename it as
 | ||
| <code>gatherosstate.exe</code></p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>Make a folder named <code>Files</code> in C drive,
 | ||
| <code>C:\Files</code> and copy the <code>gatherosstate.exe</code> file
 | ||
| in that folder.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>Make sure the Internet is enabled.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>Open Windows Powershell as administrator, and enter the following
 | ||
| listed commands in the sequence in which they are given.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>Enter the Key, (Replace <code><key></code> with the key
 | ||
| from the above list) with the following command</p></li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <p><code>slmgr /ipk <key></code></p>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li>Copy the below code all at once and enter it in PowerShell to modify
 | ||
| the <code>gatherosstate.exe</code> file. This code to modify the file is
 | ||
| based on <a
 | ||
| href="https://github.com/Gamers-Against-Weed/GamersOsState">GamersOsState</a>.</li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <!-- -->
 | ||
| <pre><code>$bytes  = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes("C:\Files\gatherosstate.exe")
 | ||
| $bytes[320] = 0xf8
 | ||
| $bytes[321] = 0xfb
 | ||
| $bytes[322] = 0x05
 | ||
| $bytes[324] = 0x03
 | ||
| $bytes[13672] = 0x25
 | ||
| $bytes[13674] = 0x73
 | ||
| $bytes[13676] = 0x3b
 | ||
| $bytes[13678] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[13680] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[13682] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[13684] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[32748] = 0xe9
 | ||
| $bytes[32749] = 0x9e
 | ||
| $bytes[32750] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[32751] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[32752] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[32894] = 0x8b
 | ||
| $bytes[32895] = 0x44
 | ||
| $bytes[32897] = 0x64
 | ||
| $bytes[32898] = 0x85
 | ||
| $bytes[32899] = 0xc0
 | ||
| $bytes[32900] = 0x0f
 | ||
| $bytes[32901] = 0x85
 | ||
| $bytes[32902] = 0x1c
 | ||
| $bytes[32903] = 0x02
 | ||
| $bytes[32904] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[32906] = 0xe9
 | ||
| $bytes[32907] = 0x3c
 | ||
| $bytes[32908] = 0x01
 | ||
| $bytes[32909] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[32910] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[32911] = 0x85
 | ||
| $bytes[32912] = 0xdb
 | ||
| $bytes[32913] = 0x75
 | ||
| $bytes[32914] = 0xeb
 | ||
| $bytes[32915] = 0xe9
 | ||
| $bytes[32916] = 0x69
 | ||
| $bytes[32917] = 0xff
 | ||
| $bytes[32918] = 0xff
 | ||
| $bytes[32919] = 0xff
 | ||
| $bytes[33094] = 0xe9
 | ||
| $bytes[33095] = 0x80
 | ||
| $bytes[33096] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[33097] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[33098] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[33449] = 0x64
 | ||
| $bytes[33576] = 0x8d
 | ||
| $bytes[33577] = 0x54
 | ||
| $bytes[33579] = 0x24
 | ||
| $bytes[33580] = 0xe9
 | ||
| $bytes[33581] = 0x55
 | ||
| $bytes[33582] = 0x01
 | ||
| $bytes[33583] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[33584] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[33978] = 0xc3
 | ||
| $bytes[34189] = 0x59
 | ||
| $bytes[34190] = 0xeb
 | ||
| $bytes[34191] = 0x28
 | ||
| $bytes[34238] = 0xe9
 | ||
| $bytes[34239] = 0x4f
 | ||
| $bytes[34240] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[34241] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[34242] = 0x00
 | ||
| $bytes[34346] = 0x24
 | ||
| $bytes[34376] = 0xeb
 | ||
| $bytes[34377] = 0x63
 | ||
| [System.IO.File]::WriteAllBytes("C:\Files\gatherosstatemodified.exe", $bytes)</code></pre>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li>Now right click on the file <code>gatherosstatemodified.exe</code>
 | ||
| and goto properties and set the compatibility to Windows XP SP3.<br />
 | ||
| </li>
 | ||
| <li>Now we need to generate the ticket, to do that, enter the below
 | ||
| command.</li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <!-- -->
 | ||
| <pre><code>$value = (Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\ProductOptions).OSProductPfn
 | ||
| 
 | ||
| C:\Files\gatherosstatemodified.exe /c Pfn=$value`;DownlevelGenuineState=1</code></pre>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li>A GenuineTicket.xml file should be created in the folder
 | ||
| <code>C:\Files\</code> now let’s apply it.</li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <p><code>clipup -v -o -altto C:\Files\</code></p>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li>Activate Windows with the following command</li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <p><code>slmgr /ato</code></p>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li>Check Activation Status with the following command</li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <p><code>slmgr /xpr</code></p>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li>Done.</li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <p><strong>Notes:</strong></p>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li><p>If the system is already activated then created ticket will be a
 | ||
| Lockbox ticket and if not then it will be a Downlevel ticket.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>To make the exact ticket used in MAS HWID script, make sure
 | ||
| system is already activated and fix the time with below Powershell
 | ||
| command and then initiate the ticket generation process as per above
 | ||
| mentioned steps.<br />
 | ||
| <code>$date=[datetime]"2022/10/11 12:00";while($true){set-date $date; start-sleep -milliseconds 10}</code></p></li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <hr />
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| <div id="setup-preactivate" class="section level2">
 | ||
| <h2>Setup Preactivate</h2>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li><p>Check the Extract OEM option in the MAS <code>Extras</code>
 | ||
| section if you want pre-activated Windows installation.</p></li>
 | ||
| <li><p>Further, read <a href="oem-folder.html">here</a>.</p></li>
 | ||
| </ul>
 | ||
| <hr />
 | ||
| </div>
 | ||
| <div id="troubleshooting" class="section level2">
 | ||
| <h2>Troubleshooting</h2>
 | ||
| <ul>
 | ||
| <li>Check <a href="troubleshoot.html">here</a>.</li>
 | ||
| </ul>
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