Simple steps to manually spoof the MachineGuid
in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography
.
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Run as Administrator:
Right-click CMD > Run as administrator. -
Generate & Set New GUID:
Paste this command:for /f %g in ('powershell -command "[guid]::NewGuid().ToString()"') do reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography" /v MachineGuid /t REG_SZ /d "%g" /f
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Run as Administrator:
Right-click PowerShell > Run as administrator. -
Generate & Set New GUID:
Paste this command:New-Guid | ForEach-Object { Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography" -Name "MachineGuid" -Value $_.Guid }
- Requires admin privileges.
- Changing
MachineGuid
may affect software/services relying on it. - Use at your own risk.