MAS 2.2 released, restores HWID activation method
Changelog: 2.2 HWID: A new method is discovered to activate with HWID. https://massgrave.dev/hwid.html Thanks a lot to the @asdcorp and team for the discovery. Download / How to use it? Method 1...
I'm surprised this is still on github.
What do you mean, Microsoft support still needs it: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-support-cracks-windows-for-customer-after-activation-fails/
Wouldn't be surprised if they made the pull request themself.
Will this convert a home edition to pro?
Previous version did. Converted a friend's laptop from home (oem provided) to pro and my own from home (oem provided) to enterprise
It does, pretty easily. There's a convenient "change Windows edition" menu item.
Doubt it, but it could aid you once you've acquired a windows pro installer. ;)
Good to see them fix this so quickly, but what's stopping Microsoft from blocking HWID activations on a GVLK? After all, those keys would normally be activated through a KMS instead of Microsoft, so it's clearly abnormal behaviour
uuuuh I hope i didnt fuck myself and my PC up doing this then!
Oh no, you're all good, it's just that this may not work for new people trying this soon. If you activated already, then it should stick until you change your computer's motherboard
What does this do?
Activates your Windows installation with a legit activation method, you can even reinstall Windows and have it pre-activated because the activation is on your hardware ID.
It takes a free upgrade routine, but Microsoft stopped free upgrades from Windows 7 to 11, so apparently there is another way now.
im a dummy when it comes to these things, I wanted to switch from win10 family to pro but uuh it didnt do anything really? It also told me I had corrupted services and then spent 30 min authenticating and froze.
so i dont think its working on my pc too well, but there is a very solid chance i dont understand how to use this tool
AFAIK this shouldn't change your system, it only activates it, you need to find another way to upgrade/reinstall to a different Windows version. Idk how because I always did clean installs, and for many years now I only use Enterprise LTSC (on a usb ssd with WinToUSB, my internal ssds only have linux).
What's the asdcorp logo? Arch for head, win8 for body and.... snapcraft for arms?
Install Linux and be done with this nonsense. Why deal with this shit year after year when you can also have software that you can just use any which way you like? And yes, that now also includes gaming. Pretty much the only thing that still sucks to get working well is Adobe software and fuck Adobe too.
Edit: yes, I've become that guy, and I'm fucking proud of it. 20 years I've been on Linux thinking " why the fuck would anyone use Windows" and for 20 years I've read article after article how Microsoft screws over people, how their bottomline is just plain money, how they literally try to sabotage the competition, including Linux, and I'm done. Microsoft company should be burned to the ground, figuratively, let it go bankrupt
Because interacting with other windows users is painful.
Because gaming and gaming modding in particular is still fairly windows centric
Because many windows apps are not available on Linux, and you end up being forced to use alternatives that usually don't hold a candle to the proper one.
Because text rendering scaling is still integer based and trying to do say 120% scaling will result in a weird look.
Because having an issue on your system isn't solved as easily as updating a driver.
Because VR support on Linux is fairly non existent.
Because you'll always be a second tier citizen to the cool new apps that get released.
Linux might be a great upgrade if you only use windows for web browsing, but if you're a windows power user transitioning to Linux can be painful and in my experience primarily a downgrade.
I still have to use Winblows sometimes.
You have my sympathy