Hi aceofdiamonds12
I am Dave, I will help you with this.
The main danger when changing the HWID on a PC is that pre-installed Windows would become deactivated and there would be no way to re-activate Windows without purchasing a new Windows licence.
What are the dangers of changing HWID?
![](data:image/svg+xml, %3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' height='64' class='font-weight-bold' style='font: 600 30.11764705882353px "SegoeUI", Arial' width='64'%3E%3Ccircle fill='hsl(128, 8%, 22%)' cx='32' cy='32' r='32' /%3E%3Ctext x='50%25' y='55%25' dominant-baseline='middle' text-anchor='middle' fill='%23FFF' %3EA%3C/text%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Anonymous
So I've heard a lot about HWID spoofers, and I understand that some of them do change the HWID instead of masking it.
But I've seen in another post that going directly into the registry to change it can actually be risky to your device. Because of this, I now ask for the risks in more detail.
p.s. No, this is not a question on how to get unbanned from games which ban the computer hardware id
Windows for home | Windows 11 | Devices and drivers
Locked Question. This question was migrated from the Microsoft Support Community. You can vote on whether it's helpful, but you can't add comments or replies or follow the question.
Answer accepted by question author