Maybe KMS changed a bit and the keygen needs a fix? BTW, why does there need to be a key in msdm, isn't the hash alone enough? It's unique for each machine so the only effect of using a key is that they run out of keys faster. They could have just kept the master key and only check for the hash.
If they really wanted to secure it, I imagine they could use OTPROM. Only way to get around that would be to physically replace the IC, which would involve SMC rework, putting it out of reach for the masses. Unless of course you used some kind of mini hypervisor.
No extra hardware (chip). Key will be injected into the firmware which is located at its own chip. To digitally sign would be a sufficient and a cheep way to protect
I also say thanks for the very informative post. But now comes a simple question, which I am curious about (since we all know, that OA2.2 would make things a lot easier): What exactly do you gain / lose when using Windows Server 2012 over Windows 8? If Windows Server 2012 is just a super-set (i.e. extension) to Windows 8 with server features - obviously nobody would care doing that... specifically: what about performance on desktop apps / games? Can you use every desktop program on Server 2012, which you can use on Windows 8? Thanks for entlightening me. Have a nice day.
so how does windows 8 activation compare to windows 7? have they got rid of that genuine advantage thing?
It won't be uncrackable, it will just be harder to do so. Likewise with Office 2012. Not that I would do such a thing