The HWID method is my favorite method to activate Windows 10. The only downside is that this method uses Microsoft's own activation servers so it may be possible that they identify the non-genuine tickets and start blocking them. I highly recommend that you use unmodified gatherosstate on your PC to generate another GenuineTicket.xml and keep it in a safe place.
you cannot get Win10 Workstation Edition from Windows 7. Ony Pro to Pro and Home to Home to keep activation.
Exactly. Yeah it's just some people don't get it. You must understand MS ideology to realize that HwID banning/blockage is not gonna happen, ever.
Another example. The HwID tool is located on GitHub. GitHub is owned by Microsoft. The tool hasn't been touched, ever. Other, far less "intrusive" things have been taken down. Doesn't that tell? You can be sure MS will act if there's something that can be commercially exploited by corporate customers. That's where the money sits.
Bill Gates was quoted as saying that allowing piracy of all of their products is what gave them global dominance. They make an occasional half hearted attempt to close a few loopholes, but they always leave more.
I would rather not go online and activate through abbodi's KMS_VL_ALL. Fast and efficient plus you can have all your blocking methods in place.
Problem though- I am setting up to Activate Windows Enterprise [NON LTSC version] through HWID, because i've read ******* will work while other activators don't, on this version. But, i'm doing all this because I need to run games that will run on enterprise, but not LTSC due to lacking support from Microsoft <i'm talking Windows Mixed Reality > - and also because enterprise lets you set the telemetry to the lowest level- which i'd like to do, among the other things i'll be doing as well for this copy of the OS i'll be using(for gaming only) Is there anything else that works that is offline, for Enterprise non LTSC? I'll use HWID if nothing else is out there...
Microsoft doesn't care much for pirate OS's running in personal computers. But they are quite adept at catching businesses that run pirated OS and force them to buy a license
That's because businesses usually use Windows Server which license costs much more than normal Windows ans because they have a much larger amount of desktops / laptops running Windows 10.
Going thru all the hassle to get win 7 installed and activated, and running gatherosstate.exe. There is no need for anything like that, afaik the msdm activation uses the same technics, they won't ever stop it and most likely msft can't see which is generated by 100% legit ways (that would be in the 1 year free upgrade offer only on real OEM or genuinely activated 7 SP1/8.1 installs) or DAZ activated installs or generated on the fly hwid's by MAS.