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How can i change my HWID?

Anonymous
2018-12-30T14:31:14+00:00

Is there a way to change my HWID?

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  1. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2018-12-30T14:40:24+00:00

    Hi Real_Luzu

    Please explain, why you need to change your HWID, is that for hacking games?

    In all honesty it is a really bad thing to do to change your HWID, most of the software on your PC, including Windows may kick out and will refuse to activate if you change your HWID

    If you do want to go ahead and do that:

    Click your Start Button, type regedit and hit Enter to open the Registry Editor

    Click View and make sure 'Address Bar' is turned on

    Paste this into the Address Bar at the top and hit Enter

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\IDConfigDB\Hardware Profiles\0001

    The key you are looking is on the right hand side - HWProfileGuid

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  2. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2018-12-30T14:51:23+00:00

    Hi Real_Luzu,

    The only reason I mentioned that 'hacking' reference is because changing the HWID does not work any more for that purpose and is a dangerous thing to do . . .

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  3. Igor Leyko 110.6K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2018-12-30T14:40:06+00:00

    Hi,
    Are you talking about hardware ID? If yes, the only way is to change or upgrade hardware. Hardware ID is calculated from devices' IDs and user has no influence to this process unfortunately.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-12-30T14:43:41+00:00

    I wanted to know if it was possible and how.

    Not for "hacking" games.

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