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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

A Windows and Office activator using HWID / Ohook / KMS38 / Online KMS activation methods, with a focus on open-source code and fewer antivirus detections.

https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Can somebody explain what this means?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A new method to pirate windows keys activation so you don’t gotta pay for it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay something different from KMS then?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

KMS requires phoning back to MS periodically to keep the license activated. It's still "permanent" because there's no limit on duration (as of now at least).

HWID activation registers a hardware ID in MS servers to permanently license it. That means no renewal, just forever activation that survives reinstalls.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Wow that's actually better

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There is a limit with KMS (2038)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That MSoft will go back to earning exactly what they deserve for Windows installations

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I've always wondered about this, doesn't Microsoft know when people use this? Or is it just an anonymous number among legit ones and Microsoft can't tell a difference?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

MS servers cannot tell the difference between where the HWID came from. If it’s there, MS treats it as legitimate. As if they issued it themselves.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They probably can but only after manual analysis.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What's the advantage over the existing supposedly permanent activation method?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Microsoft turned that one off completely for new builds of windows so the fact that it works is the main advantage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh. I guess I got lucky then as I used that method last week.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

just a different way to do that. the previous being affected by microsoft's back-end changes in their move to (finally) kill-off using win7/8 keys for new win10/11 activations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I used a windows 7 key to activate windows 11 pro last night 🤷

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Fucking A right. Can’t keep a good pirate down! 🏴‍☠️

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Okay, I'm dumb. I've never used this. It seems it's a script. How safe is it? How exactly does it work? (i want to try it out lol)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is to activate windows, so if your windows is already activated you probably dont need it.

Anyway, essentially you run the script in powershell and select the activation you want, currently option 1 is the new one from this post and should permanently activate windows.

Should be safe afaik, i've read that MS employees themselves use this script if their own tools fail. I've certainly never had an issue with it, but again they could have installed some spying software and i would be none the wiser. Gotta pray the github wizards audited it for us

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've never heard of this tool. Does it need a valid Windows license, or is it a permanent zero-cost peg-leg discount?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

It’s a sailors discount.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Permanent zero-cost activation that survives reinstalls

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Unrelated, but this fellow also has made scripts for activating Internet Download Manager. Less crack hunting from now (although cs.rin.ru and Lrepacks provide safe ones).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Does anyone know what discord server this is?

Edit: Don’t just downvote me. At least tell me.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago